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Linux... The Gilb (3 replies, 0 views) (2000-Jun-21) Well people, I know I haven't exactly made an impact in the world of Windows game development, so I wont exactly be sorely missed :-) But yeah, I'm afraid I've had a taste of Linux, and now I'm totally addicted... So as hard as it is for me to say goodbye to 5 years of Windows software development, I'm moving over... No that's a lie, I've moved over to Linux! Hehehe! What can I say? It's just too good! I mean, it's stable, fast, and best of all - open source... And it's free! And all the software is free!
I mean, I downloaded the Mirabilis released version of ICQ for Linux... Ever wondered how the client is programmed? Well it comes with full source code! Basically, everything that is written for Linux comes with full source code!!! It's heaven! And damnit - it's so goddamn fast!
Get this - 3Dfx drivers are actually compiled into the kernel, so support for 3Dfx cards becomes native... The speed difference? A good couple of dozen FPS...
It's so easy to program software for Linux! Forget all of this crap about MFC and COM and stuff like that, the code is clean, and easy to read... And the source to the OS is actually really well documented!
Anyways, enough talk of Linux, adios Windows! Hello Linux... :-)
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