ryujin470 to Gaming@beehaw.org • 2 months agoWhy there are few native Linux games compared to Windows or even Mac?message-square57fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareWhy there are few native Linux games compared to Windows or even Mac?ryujin470 to Gaming@beehaw.org • 2 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-square@vrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink11•2 months agobecause you can’t just target “linux”. You target a distro. That’s not feasible for any of them to maintain
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoThis isn’t entirely true though. Devs could target an AppImage for example.
minus-square@vrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink11•2 months agoand i have found appimages that fail to worm due to some dependencies too. This is not a solved prooblem for linux. And no, flatpak isn’t it either
minus-squareToes♀linkfedilink5•2 months agoI want to add on to that, flatpak even struggles with native Linux games like left4dead2. (Hardly any mods work)
minus-square@Die4Ever@programming.devlinkfedilink1•2 months agoyea dependencies seem like a real issue here, I don’t think Linux supports side-by-side versions like Windows does, Windows will just install every version of DirectX and libraries like that
because you can’t just target “linux”. You target a distro. That’s not feasible for any of them to maintain
This isn’t entirely true though. Devs could target an AppImage for example.
and i have found appimages that fail to worm due to some dependencies too. This is not a solved prooblem for linux. And no, flatpak isn’t it either
I want to add on to that, flatpak even struggles with native Linux games like left4dead2. (Hardly any mods work)
yea dependencies seem like a real issue here, I don’t think Linux supports side-by-side versions like Windows does, Windows will just install every version of DirectX and libraries like that
You only need to target the Steam Linux Runtime.