ryujin470 to Gaming@beehaw.org • 5 months agoWhy there are few native Linux games compared to Windows or even Mac?message-square26fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square@Bronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish0•5 months agoThis question was about NATIVE LINUX ONLY games. Not just supporting it…
minus-square@t3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilink1•edit-25 months agoYou added “only” in there. You can compile a game for each OS natively (and many games do). Native in this context refers to the binary itself (ELF, EXE, bin, etc), and the OSes that can run it without using some kind of compatibility layer.
This question was about NATIVE LINUX ONLY games. Not just supporting it…
The word ‘only’ does not appear in OP’s question.
You added “only” in there. You can compile a game for each OS natively (and many games do). Native in this context refers to the binary itself (ELF, EXE, bin, etc), and the OSes that can run it without using some kind of compatibility layer.