Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 01, 2006 11:00 PM
First, let me state this about myself: I am a 100% GNU/Linux user, totally Windows-free, all my computer run only free software (almost all of it Debian) and I am really a "foam at my mouth GPL/RMS/FSF/GNU zealot". However,
I have to admit, with much regret, that GNU/Linux games are not even close to their proprietary competitors. Yes, I know, you can run Unreal Tournament under Linux, and yes, Frozen Bubble is a neat game. But the sad reality is that there is no games as advanced (-: in purely technological terms, not in a sense of culture and humanstic sensitivites<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-) as Counterstike or Unreal which can be called "free software". Emulators, Linux-binaries, small cute games, etc. are simply no match for the fact that profit driven companies produce far superior games.
I do not see that changing any time soon. I personally could not care less about it, but others do and they will continue to remain dependent on proprietary gaming software for a long long time and that I deplore. But I do not see a way out there. Maybe we should simply accept that our free software community, for whatever reason, is simply not capable/willing to offer a meaningful challange to the corporations.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 01, 2006 11:00 PMI have to admit, with much regret, that GNU/Linux games are not even close to their proprietary competitors. Yes, I know, you can run Unreal Tournament under Linux, and yes, Frozen Bubble is a neat game. But the sad reality is that there is no games as advanced (-: in purely technological terms, not in a sense of culture and humanstic sensitivites<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-) as Counterstike or Unreal which can be called "free software". Emulators, Linux-binaries, small cute games, etc. are simply no match for the fact that profit driven companies produce far superior games.
I do not see that changing any time soon. I personally could not care less about it, but others do and they will continue to remain dependent on proprietary gaming software for a long long time and that I deplore. But I do not see a way out there. Maybe we should simply accept that our free software community, for whatever reason, is simply not capable/willing to offer a meaningful challange to the corporations.
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