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Originally posted by DanLamb View PostTools like SDL have fairly recently matured and made cross platform game programming in C quite a reality.
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Aren't "PC" games overwhelmingly written in C/C++? There are a handful of Unity engine games that have most of the engine written in C and a lot of higher level stuff in C#. There are also a few other games written in all Java, like Wakfu, and then there are web games using Flash or HTML5. What is the rest of your point?
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Originally posted by DanLamb View PostAren't "PC" games overwhelmingly written in C/C++? There are a handful of Unity engine games that have most of the engine written in C and a lot of higher level stuff in C#. There are also a few other games written in all Java, like Wakfu, and then there are web games using Flash or HTML5. What is the rest of your point?
I agree with your other points. Although there is a pretty big difference between desktop and mobile OS paradigms (which however doesn't stop major game engines from having them as build targets).
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Originally posted by sarmad View PostMake sure you actually try various distros rather than trying Ubuntu only. Ubuntu lately isn't as stable as some other distros.
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Originally posted by GreatEmerald View Postthere is a pretty big difference between desktop and mobile OS paradigms
Currently, mice/keyboards are possible but not prevalent on Android/iOS. But many games are suited for touch and keyboard/mice options for Android/iOS will gain popularity.
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Originally posted by sarmad View PostMake sure you actually try various distros rather than trying Ubuntu only. Ubuntu lately isn't as stable as some other distros.
PS: I gave Suse a shot in a VM some time ago and it looked quite promising, except graphics glitches and instability was huuuuge (very probably because of VirtualBox), so looking forward to giving that a shot on real hardware.
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Originally posted by YoungManKlaus View PostActually, Ubuntu is one that I definitely will _not_ test ... both because from what I saw both Unity and Gnome 3 are utter crap ...
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Originally posted by cynical View PostWell that's complete bullshit. I'm on the dev release just because I like running the latest software (and I'm capable of fixing issues if they do crop up) and it's been the most stable release by far. Ubuntu has become much more stable over time, not less.
* Gnome Shell became sluggish even though I am on i7 quad core with HD 3000 graphics.
* VirtualBox no longer integrates the mouse correctly.
* Putting the PC to sleep does NOT lock it, i.e. you wake the PC up and you are into the desktop without being asked for a password!!
* Steam with DRI_PRIME doesn't render correctly unless I change view mode and change it back.
* The PC crashes from time to time that I have to a hardware reset!
I then tried Fedora and guess what, NONE of the above issues are present. Maybe Ubuntu works better under Unity, but if they don't support Gnome why do they put it in the standard repository?
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