Oh boy, I do love a good rant from a developer. This time it's the C4 engine dropping Linux support (honestly, how many of you have even heard of C4?).
Warning: It's a real rant.
Choice quote from their announcement
QuoteThis decision was made based on the disproportionate cost, both in terms of time and money, that we incur to support Linux relative to a very small return on our investment. This decision was also made to preserve my own sanity since my personal experiences with Linux have been extremely negative and have resulted in huge wastes of time that could have been better spent on more productive tasks. Terathon Software will no longer contribute to the popularity of an operating system that I personally view as inferior in design to both Windows and Mac OS X. Linux has proven to be Frankenstein OS assembled from a disparate array of barely functioning parts with horrible reliability and little potential for future improvement. Time that would have been spent on Linux support will now be used to strengthen our product on platforms with much greater viability.
The comments are just, amazing. One commenter provided this funny image:
And the developer responded with:
QuoteIt's my expert opinion, man.
Oh my, I mean there's being a good developer, and there's being a bit full of yourself.
He has also been dropping gems on his Twitter account:
Finished excision of Linux code from the C4 Engine. Negative 2008 lines. Good riddance.
— Eric Lengyel (@EricLengyel) January 10, 2015I have reached the point where I feel morally obligated to drop all support for Linux.
— Eric Lengyel (@EricLengyel) January 10, 2015Things like this are concerning though, and it is a real issue:
I love it when Ubuntu starts freezing for no good reason right before the login screen. That's high-quality engineering right there.
— Eric Lengyel (@EricLengyel) December 26, 2014I do wonder if it is a hardware or a driver issue, my last freezing issue turned out to be RAM that failed at specific things.
We don't often write about people ranting about Linux, and for one developer making a full bit of kit like C4 it can be time consuming, so we don't have much to say other than "oh well". We still have many more better engines around.
All hail Frankenstein, in Frankenstein we trust. Move along.
P.S. Please try to keep comments reasonable about this topic. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Wow. A lot of you guys aren't getting it.
Stop being dicks in public. The crap you're slinging is almost verbatim what the Linux world had to suffer for years.
Stop being dicks in public. The crap you're slinging is almost verbatim what the Linux world had to suffer for years.
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Cyba.Cowboy Jan 13, 2015
Apparently this developer did seek support for his problems, problems which are supposedly widespread:
https://twitter.com/EricLengyel/status/554792811304742912
Though curiously, he has been pretty vague about exactly what his problems were... It would be helpful - both to his problems and to his standing within the Gaming Community - if he was a little more specific regarding what his problems were and/or what he did to resolve them.
https://twitter.com/EricLengyel/status/554792811304742912
Though curiously, he has been pretty vague about exactly what his problems were... It would be helpful - both to his problems and to his standing within the Gaming Community - if he was a little more specific regarding what his problems were and/or what he did to resolve them.
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lucifertdark Jan 13, 2015
Amazing, Ubuntu 14.04 for me takes 40 minutes start to finish on a clean install including running apt-get update to bring it up to date.
The last time I had trouble installing Ubuntu was 9.04 which I just couldn't get to install no matter what I tried.
The last time I had trouble installing Ubuntu was 9.04 which I just couldn't get to install no matter what I tried.
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Lol, this news was a little bit troubling, until I actually looked up the kind of games that uses this engine I'd never heard of. Meh, it's no loss for Linux as a gaming os.
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Wild guess: he has unsuported AMD card and it "freezes" after login screen with fglrx installed.
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thelimeydragon Jan 13, 2015
He should just develop it on a virtual machine.
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Cyba.Cowboy Jan 13, 2015
Quoting: sakurazukaWild guess: he has unsuported AMD card and it "freezes" after login screen with fglrx installed.
The same thought crossed my mind (unfortunately, I used a stupid AMD card too, for the time being)...
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Quoting: vulture"expert" => "problems with apt-get"
That's my thought too. And that was my same thought when this guy said he had had problems installing Ubuntu and so on...
Man, I'm no programmer and I don't work in the IT industry by no means. I would call myself just an advanced user, but back in 2002 (woody or sarge) I was able to install Debian netinst... Those memories.... just like the joy of trying the brand new KDE 3.0...
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I don't mind one bit when developers who don't know Linux stop developing for it. At the current state of Linux gaming affairs those kind of developers do far, far more harm than good.
Developers with no Linux knowledge is well on the way of completely ruining Unitys reputation in the Linux world, and make Linux look real bad.
Developers with no Linux knowledge is well on the way of completely ruining Unitys reputation in the Linux world, and make Linux look real bad.
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"Tried all day to install Ubuntu 14.04. Failed miserably. This just adds to my heaping pile of bad experiences with Linux."
Such words is strongly unrecomended to use. Or bloody penguin will find this man and till the end of life he will install ubuntu 14.04 and failed it.
Really, after his words I feel myself like a cool hakir.
Such words is strongly unrecomended to use. Or bloody penguin will find this man and till the end of life he will install ubuntu 14.04 and failed it.
Really, after his words I feel myself like a cool hakir.
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