X-Plane Flight Simulator Reports Linux Users At Just About 1%

[phoronix]

Phoronix: X-Plane Flight Simulator Reports Linux Users At Just About 1%

Laminar Research has published their latest usage statistics on the incredible X-Plane flight simulator software...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=X-Plane-Linux-Stats-June-1

[R41N3R]

I'm waiting for Vulkan support before buying this game.

[makam]

My guess is that even us Desktop Linux users, we still don't see gaming as an option on Linux. At least not as much as the average Windows user.

[cen1]

My guess is that even us Desktop Linux users, we still don't see gaming as an option on Linux. At least not as much as the average Windows user.

Yup.. I use linux for work but I have a Windows desktop for gaming. It just makes more sense.

[some_canuck]

Last time I tried X-Plane it looked worse than Flightgear did.

[makam]

Yup.. I use linux for work but I have a Windows desktop for gaming. It just makes more sense.

I only use Windows server at home to have an active directory for learning and shits and giggles(as a student I got Windows server 2016 for free). Everything else at home is Linux for me.

[mike44]

Probably most fail at retarded Udev rules for joysticks etc.

[ssokolow]

Probably most fail at retarded Udev rules for joysticks etc.

As rabid a Linux fan as I am, I have to agree with you there.

Linux Joystick support is a mess. I've resorted to having a physically-switched USB hub to "set default joystick", "hide false joysticks (eg. 3DConnexion Space Navigator) from games", and "prevent some games (eg. Wizorb) from crashing when more than 4 devices are connected".

Even then, I have to have multiple flightsticks because the otherwise perfectly good one I got for free because the hardware and the games expect the OS to do calibration but Linux ditched the calibration-capable /dev/input/jsX API in favour of the unified /dev/input/eventX API.

(If I ever find the time and care enough, It should probably be possible to use xboxdrv with --evdev to add suitable fixes by proxying the input... classic Linux "add another layer of abstraction" at its finest.)

[starshipeleven]

Probably most joystick and specialized game control devices don't give a shit about Linux support at all

fixed.

[Vanir]

but Linux ditched the calibration-capable /dev/input/jsX API in favour of the unified /dev/input/eventX API.

The input/js API still there. This joystick utility at https://sourceforge.net/projects/usb...urce=directory builds (uses Qt) and runs OK on Fedora 28. Looking at the source it uses that API. Laptops use this API for their accelerometer devices which I guess may need that calibration facility.