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Game Design Megathread
PurpleMetro:
ooh, i might want to try out unity now :D
and yet again, i'm presented with one of the many disadvantages of using Linux
Khorde:
--- Quote from: PurpleMetro on November 20, 2013, 10:41:59 PM ---ooh, i might want to try out unity now :D
and yet again, i'm presented with one of the many disadvantages of using Linux
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it's always confused me why anyone would make the conscious decision to run an operating system that has no compatibility with anything
BluetoothBoy:
--- Quote from: Khorde on November 20, 2013, 11:15:56 PM ---it's always confused me why anyone would make the conscious decision to run an operating system that has no compatibility with anything
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1: It's often faster.
2: It's often lighter weight.
3: Almost everything is open source.
4: Linux is good for many types of open source development.
5: Wine.
6: There are plenty of things Linux can do that no other OS can.
7: It's quickly becoming more popular - if nobody supports it, it will fail.
8: It's open source itself.
9: Highly customizeable.
10: Free (usually).
The list could go on, but I feel this explains it pretty well.
Khorde:
--- Quote from: BluetoothBoy on November 21, 2013, 12:26:48 AM ---1: It's often faster.
2: It's often lighter weight.
3: Almost everything is open source.
4: Linux is good for many types of open source development.
5: Wine.
6: There are plenty of things Linux can do that no other OS can.
7: It's quickly becoming more popular - if nobody supports it, it will fail.
8: It's open source itself.
9: Highly customizeable.
10: Free (usually).
The list could go on, but I feel this explains it pretty well.
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1. Debatable
2. irrelevent
3. Sure.
4. Uh. If you enjoy being on an os that nobody gets go ahead
5. Irrelevent
6. The list should elaborate on this.
7. Popular is what java is. This is not java.
8. Sometimes having things prepackaged is better. Not everyone is a software engineer.
9. So is every os
10. Did you buy a windows computer and install linux on it? by that logic, windows is free too.
.:FancyPants:.:
--- Quote from: BluetoothBoy on November 21, 2013, 12:26:48 AM ---
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i don't believe khorde was saying there was nothing good about using linux, just that he was pointing out one specific negative about it.
okay, dumb question, but i haven't had much time to look into unity other than downloading it; the website says it exports to a whole lot of mobile stuff but after two or three glances i don't ever recall it saying it exports windows or mac stuff (but specifically i'm talking about both), because i have a friend who uses a mac whom i'd much like to have test stuff i make, but i use a windows.
can you make something, export it as either a windows or a mac program, and then give it to whoever and it'll run the same way?