linux???

cravings wrote: yeah games stops a lot of people. i don't play any games. makes me slightly sad when people blame linux systems, when it's the game companies who make their stuff work on limited platforms. i dont' really know anything about game development though tbh.

Its all about financial viability.

Unix/Linux folk tend to want software they either download and run, or download and compile.  Its usually only Corp setups that will spend thousands on maintenance contracts, and licensing fees.

So it is with games. Not many Unix folk will pay top dollar for games, unlike PC/PlayBox users.

So Unix/Linux only ends up with few ports by someof the really strong players.

However, 10 years ago it was unbelievable, playing network quake on a Sparcstation under X, and finding out, all the levels of the PC full game CD worked on the Sun box, just by copying them off.



Edited by levyte357 - 15 January 2009 at 7:47pm

levyte357 wrote: cravings wrote: yeah games stops a lot of people. i don't play any games. makes me slightly sad when people blame linux systems, when it's the game companies who make their stuff work on limited platforms. i dont' really know anything about game development though tbh. Its all about financial viability. Unix/Linux folk tend to want software they either download and run, or download and compile.  Its usually only Corp setups that will spend thousands on maintenance contracts, and licensing fees. So it is with games. Not many Unix folk will pay top dollar for games, unlike PC/PlayBox users. So Unix/Linux only ends up with few ports by someof the really strong players. However, 10 years ago it was unbelievable, playing network quake on a Sparcstation under X, and finding out, all the levels of the PC full game CD worked on the Sun box, just by copying them off.

cravings wrote: i have a sparcstation here... heh.. it's not up to much though heh.

That was back when Investment Banks still had enough money to put a Sparcstation and a PC on each Senior UNIX developer's desk.

El Cheapo wrote: Lev, what did you do at uni? Surely assembler/machine code or whatever is not tought now? Was it AI by any chance? You lost me on the signal handling/MINIX, but I'll stay lost

Think the question should be what didnt I do at Uni..

It was a Computer Systems Technology Degree, which basically means Computer Science, but with bias towards Operating System theory & Systems Programming/hardware, instead of application programming.

Was lovley coming out of UNI, with 4 years SunOS/Solaris Experience.