Fun and Games at Robert Pogson

Games are a niche where that other OS seems to hold sway. There is news that idSoftware will open the sourcecode of Doom 3. Depending on the licence, this could result in cloning to GNU/Linux. That would be fun for some.

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The graphics depends on DirectX and works with particular graphics cards only. Open the source could allow more diversity. “Carmack intimated that he had the blessing of id Software’s parent company ZeniMax and called on other developers to to follow suit, saying that releasing source code could be of benefit to the entire industry as it allowed new developers to learn their chops.”

I imagine the energy of developers who love FLOSS and gaming could be very useful in the gaming industry. It will be interesting to see whether or not a FLOSS community of sorts can develop from this move. Doom was released under the GPL in 1999. see more FLOSS games.

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.