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Our contributor Cheeseness went to 'linux.conf.au' and did a talk on porting games to Linux, it's worth a watch.

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Also, some essential reading is the write-up Cheese did about porting Day of the Tentacle to Linux.

Great work by Cheese and it's always nice to hear about the porting directly from the people responsible. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Ivancillo Jan 19, 2017
I love Neverputt.

By the way, I make first use of the bookmark button Liam.

This video deserves it.


Last edited by Ivancillo on 19 January 2017 at 3:54 pm UTC
HadBabits Jan 19, 2017
Always nice to see Cheese continuing to do his thing*.

*Being awesome :P
Cheeseness Jan 19, 2017
Cheers! ^_^

Thanks to Liam for throwing up this article. I've had a bunch of other nonsense going on and wasn't going to get around to it for a few days at least.
tuubi Jan 19, 2017
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Great stuff! Thanks Cheeseness!
Shmerl Jan 19, 2017
Quoting: CheesenessCheers!

On the screen about tools, why do you list Theora and Vorbis instead of let's say VP9 and Opus which are far better?
Cheeseness Jan 19, 2017
Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: CheesenessCheers!

On the screen about tools, why do you list Theora and Vorbis instead of let's say VP9 and Opus which are far better?

No reason beyond those being the first to come to my mind (probably because I've used Theora and Vorbis in projects before). It was definitely not intended as any sort of comparison of or statement about those projects relative value.
Shmerl Jan 19, 2017
Quoting: CheesenessNo reason beyond those being the first to come to my mind (probably because I've used Theora and Vorbis in projects before). It was definitely not intended as any sort of comparison of or statement about those projects relative value.

I was kind of curious, when Opus will be used in games, but so far I didn't spot it, except surprisingly for the Witcher 2, which uses Opus' predecessor CELT for audio.


Last edited by Shmerl on 19 January 2017 at 6:02 pm UTC
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