Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 6 Jun 1996 09:30:02 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mark E. Levitt" <> | Subject | Re: Games (was Re: SVGA kernel chipset drivers) |
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On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Now, if we can make Linux a great game platform WITHOUT compromising > > these goals, then fine. However, at least Linus and some others don't > > seem to think that's possible. > > Here you're touching on one of the problems. It's pretty hard to support games > in a _good_ manner without just giving up the whole machine. And I have to
Ok. My point about gaming under Linux was based on the assumption that it would compromise other things to make Linux THE game platform. If that assumption turns out to be wrong, then OF COURSE development should move in that direction.
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