Why there are few native Linux games compared to Windows or even Mac? ryujin470 ( @ryujin470@fedia.io ) Gaming • 2 months ago message-square56fedilinkarrow-up142
arrow-up142message-squareWhy there are few native Linux games compared to Windows or even Mac? ryujin470 ( @ryujin470@fedia.io ) Gaming • 2 months ago message-square56fedilink
minus-square vrighter ( @vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink11•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-square Toes♀ ( @Toes@ani.social ) 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 ( @Die4Ever@programming.dev ) linkfedilink1•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
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