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Better Linux Games

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 31, 2006 08:06 AM
Linux games will get better when 3D graphic cards/chipsets get an open standard instruction set.
Supporting the ever changing environment of secret proprietary graphics instruction sets and interfaces is a royal pain for all games developers, commercial or otherwise.

Presently dedicated games machines seem the way to go for the serious game player. Many of the games on dedicated machines, particularly a well known Japanese brand, are actually developed on Linux and 'ported' over.

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