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There has been commercial, non-free, software on Linux since the early days (editors, office suites, CAD software etc.). Generally they don't try to work with p
by xorcist 6y ago
There has been commercial, non-free, software on Linux since the early days (editors, office suites, CAD software etc.). Generally they don't try to work with package managers or otherwise integrate too deeply with the operating system (because why would you?).
Make it self contained and distribute in a tgz file. Don't try to make anything complicated. Look at the official release of Firefox for ideas.
- m463 6y agogames do it. Take a look at https://www.gog.com/ https://www.gog.com/ There are a surprising number of native linux games. They tend to be compiled for ubuntu, but probably work on other distributions
- nyolfen 6y agothis is basically an ephiphenomenon of cross-platform game design frameworks, though (not to mention steam proton); not many game devs set out with the primary intention of supporting linux, and many fail to maintain it