[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
“As an operating system, Linux has many things to recommend it
over Windows. Gaming, alas, is not one of them. Compared to
Windows, Linux just doesn’t have anywhere near the same level of
good games. Yes, there are a few here and there, but overall,
Windows continues to dominate as the PC gaming platform of choice,
with the widest array of content and the most up-to-date graphics
and audio drivers.“Conventional wisdom dictates that it’s always better to run
games and applications natively. In the past, several game
publishers would try to port their titles to Linux, but the return
on investment was just too small. At one point, Loki tried to make
a business out of porting titles from Windows to Linux, in much the
way that MacPlay ported Windows games to the Apple platform. But
Loki imploded in 2002, and no one else has tried such an ambitious
approach…”