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It's a classic chicken-or-egg problem: Gamers would use Linux if there were lots of Linux games. Developers would write games for Linux if gamers used it. Th

by csense 14y ago

It's a classic chicken-or-egg problem: Gamers would use Linux if there were lots of Linux games. Developers would write games for Linux if gamers used it. The situation is slowly changing, since the rise of widespread broadband has let indie developers break the hold of big publishers on distribution channels, and a fair number of indie developers are willing to support Linux for ideological reasons.

shrughes 14y ago
Another problem is that the Linux kernel is and has been mediocre in lots of little ways that Windows is not.
- vetinari 14y ago
  Care to substantiate? In not just my experience, the Linux kernel is wastly superior to NT one.
  - shrughes 14y ago
    One example is Linux asynchronous file I/O versus Windows'.