MTGO UBUNTU?
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Posted on Jan. 14, 2016, 7:51 p.m. by ExpectDragons
Does anyone know if MTGO runs on Ubuntu? Looking for a alternative to Windows as I have a mac.
alanwescoat says... #7
It is baffling to me why all of these game designers are so committed to Windows. If it is coded in LINUX, it is my understanding that making it Windows compatible should be quite easy but not vice versa. Really, the entire gaming industry needs to get together, make an open-sourced LINUX which runs standalone or under Windows or Mac OS and then let computer gaming thrive. Windows is literally the WORST O.S. environment for gaming but pretty much the only one supported, which makes less than no sense.
February 9, 2016 1:15 a.m.
ExpectDragons says... #8
Pretty backwards tbh, millions of Mac users with OSX also being favoured by content creators.
February 9, 2016 7:43 a.m.
TheRedMage says... #9
Windows isn't the worst OS for gaming though. Windows grants you pretty much direct access to the hardware so AAA games produced by companies that are looking to extract every single GPU cycle of graphical power can hyperoptimize their builds. For games that do not have such strict requirements, engines such as Unity are making porting them to Unix systems much easier and that is why you see indie games being increasingly frequently available to run on different OSs.
That said, MTGO is a program that is not without flaws even in the Windows version. I'd take a program that runs fine on Windows only rather that the pile of glitches we currently have running on Win and Mac :)
Lame_Duck says... #2
The only OS that is supported is Windows. I believe you can play it on other OSes using a compatibility program like Wine, although I've never tried it myself and I have no idea how badly it will affect performance or stability; MTGO is a temperamental program at the best of times.
January 14, 2016 8:25 p.m. Edited.