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Marneus68 writes
"Digital DRM-free game distributor GOG.com is finally jumping on the Linux bandwagon.
Following the steps of Desura and Steam, GOG.com plans to offer Linux compatible games starting this year. Along with games already available for Linux, GOG.com will also be selling 'a variety of classics that are, for the first time, officially supported and maintained [by them].'
Most of the DOS titles already provided by GOG.com will probably pose no major technical challenge since GOG has been using DosBox on Windows and Mac OS X since the very beginning however, all the exclusive ports will probably be more difficult to provide."
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by evilviper on Tuesday March 18 2014, @11:33PM
You would be astonished at the sheer numbers of people who might enjoy using a Linux desktop well enough when they try it, but hang on to Windows (and the massive expense and problems that come with it) just because of 2 or 3 old games they are addicted to playing.
This move really could get a lot more people using Linux on their home desktops, which could help further push it into businesses, and could incidentally push tablets into actual desktop roles, too.
Hydrogen cyanide is a delicious and necessary part of the human diet.
(Score: 2) by Vanderhoth on Tuesday March 18 2014, @11:41PM
The only way tablets work in that way is if there's a docking station with a mouse and Keyboard with Ubuntu for phones, or equivalent. I know it's coming, but it's still a long way off. Espically in the enterprise space.
"Now we know", "And knowing is half the battle". -G.I. Joooooe
(Score: 2, Insightful) by evilviper on Tuesday March 18 2014, @11:57PM
You can keep your "docking station". Bluetooth keyboards work fine. No "docking" needed.
No, Android works fine. There's chroot'ed Debian, X11 server, etc. Everything you need, it just needs to be packaged up.
Hydrogen cyanide is a delicious and necessary part of the human diet.
(Score: 2) by Random2 on Wednesday March 19 2014, @03:53PM
It's a start, but Linux still has a large uphill battle ahead of it.
There's a reason for the phrase 'everything works on Windows', and that is the problem facing the Linux PCs. It's not simply a matter of 'hanging onto old programs', but also that future programs aren't guaranteed to work with the OS. For example, I can pirate some random game from Asia and have 99.99% assurance that it runs in Windows (at most having to switch system locale assuming the game isn't 15 years old). The same can't be said for any *nix distribution. WINE only does so much and it isn't a fix-all.
So it's a start, but until those integration issues are fixed (or until developers can be convinced to build for Linux), you're not going to see widespread adoption.
If only I registered 3 users earlier....
(Score: 2) by evilviper on Wednesday March 19 2014, @10:03PM
It's true that Linux will always be a second-class citizen when it comes to GAMES, but that's all. Most other areas go the opposite way... With Windows, most people end up PAYING for every productivity program, as well as antivirus and more, which gets very expensive, very quickly. Meanwhile, the Linux boxes fly along on low-end hardware, don't randomly break, don't need lots of attention, and all the supporting application you could ever want are FREE, if perhaps not exactly what you're accustomed to.
Hydrogen cyanide is a delicious and necessary part of the human diet.