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OMG. I use Windows 7 pro 64 bit, and I think is a good OS compare to Vista, XP... but Windows is still crap, nothing compares to Linux.
I have installed Linux Ubuntu in the same PC, and I use it for all things except playing games and other software who don't have a Linux port. Only ignorants can say Linux is crap.
In Linux there is no virus. No errors almost. Linux is perfect.
WTF?... you can't use windows binaries on Linux, there's no .exe files... libraries like directX don't exist on Linux either (this game uses DX) but you can use free software like Wine to run windows programs on Linux, install directX, etc.
But the user is not asking about how to run it on Linux by himself, but on the request of developers do that (using OpenGL instead of DirectX).
Why bother you that people want to use Linux?... you troll.
That's true, you can even download FFVII from PlayStation Store. But Square Enix took the easy way, using the old PC release instead of the PlayStation one, and converting MIDI files into OGG so that the music is not as crappy as in the 1998 PC version. (But still sounds different, with lower quality than the original.)
So basically as i thought they could've done better but chose the quick and easy way to make more easy money.
If Linux is SOOOO Good why is it 98/99% of PC games are for Windows?
You know what they say about old habits dying hard right? it's exactly that.
The biggest reason is the fact that the vast majority of computer users use windows. This is not because windows is better, but because windows is just standard.
Q: If you go to any store right now and buy a computer what operating system will most likely be on it?
A: Windows 8
Windows is what people who don't know ♥♥♥♥ about computers get, the other part is macfags who think expensive means better. People who use linux need to make that choice for themselves because you don't buy a computer with linux, they don't sell that stuff really, 1% of computers sold at most is what i imagine.
I will never forgive EA because they canceled Dungeon Keeper 3.
Most of dedicated game servers uses Linux (what allows you to play online, if you don't understand what is a dedicated server). This is because Linux is more powerfull, uses less CPU and memory RAM, and almost never has errors. Linux is better than Windows in every way, except that are a lot of sotware that isn't supported, but that is not Linux fault.
The game is very old so i think it's safe to assume it's written in C++ which is a language that works with any platform. For most games today this isn't the case (many games also use microsoft exclusive stuff like NET/XNA Frameworks and C#) This means all SE had to do to port it to both OS X and Linux (Also windows of course, since open gl works on anything and everything including your android phone and whatnot) was translate the PC Versions directx code to openGL, with an old game like this i do doubt that'd be too much work either (there are also a handful of programs that have been made to do this automatically, one of which is owned by valve)
Off that topic:
In my opionion It is also actually better for your game to code it in a low level programming language (like C or C++, note: most programming languages, high or low level are cross platform) reason being that you're not depending on libraries and whatnot provided by someone else but actually have to make them yourself which will also mean they'll be better suited for your specific game since they were made specifically for it. It also means that the game wont have any particular dependancies (except of course whatever graphics language you use which could be DX/OpenGL) and the game will most likely perform a lot better this way, the reason however why people don't do this these days (after the rise of high level programming languages) is because this is an industry and they need to pump out games fast, and have deadlines.
But even with that, in my opinion the fastest high level programming language i've ever tried using is python which just so happens to be cross platform and anyone who knows another programming language can pick it up in like a week or two. There is no need to rely on microsoft exclusive stuff and in fact it only limits what you can do with your game and how many people you can sell it to to the number of windows users, the number is high enough nowadays and has been forthe last decade or two, but it might change sooner or later. The gaming market isn't prepared to do that and this makes valve's attempt to push game developers to make linux versions of their games so important, because if it works with linux it either does or can easily be made to work on any other OS.
+1(Don't blame them, linux users just want a port)
"Just use windows, you so-and -so"
"Well they can't because blah blah direct x opengl blah blah"
"Insert techbabble about why one is better than other here"
and a few others I can't think of right now.
I hope linux users get more games. More competition is always good for the consumer.
Carry on.