Re: Why are there so few games for Ubuntu/Linux?

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:27:46 -0500, John Hasler wrote:

jonbey wrote:
So, where are all the coders that can get the latest pc games working
on Linux?

Working for the game companies.

It can't be that hard, can it?

Yes. It can be very hard.

Depends to a large extent on how they are written. If written properly
with functions segmented and engines to do the graphics and sound, then
once it is done it should work for all games in the companie's inventory.

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