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June 30, 2010
Is Linux A Viable Gaming Platform?
By Michael Marr
Imagine games on Linux - I wonder if you can - No need for dual booting - A magnificent plan! The setback from major game developers porting their titles to Linux has been profitability. The Linux community can not logically hold it against a game developer for porting to such a small segment of the market.

However, this small segment has and continues to grow, and it appears that porting to Linux may be coming a normal occurrence sooner than one might think.

Hemisphere Games posted the analysis of their results from porting a recent game, Osmos, to Linux. The bottom line? They found it profitable. Here are the key points from their findings:

1. Osmos was developed from the beginning with the intention of being cross-platform, utilizing various cross-platform libraries.

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