Good News, id Tech 5 Is Likely Coming To Linux

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Article Source Phoronix
September 14, 2009, 2:56 pm

Contrary to earlier reports stating that the forthcoming id Tech 5 engine from id Software would likely not be ported to Linux due to the involved work, cost, and lackluster Linux graphics drivers (according to John Carmack), it looks like we will end up seeing this next-generation game engine running with Linux. Timothee Besset (perhaps better known as TTimo) has written a blog post that clears up the situation. Timothee is largely responsible for all of id Software’s game client and server ports to Linux, like with Enemy Territory: Quake Wars…

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