“I think [Wine] will be, at a minimum, incredibly useful to archeology, like DosBox has been for playing Wing Commander. Certainly it has been known to save the day with modern titles, too. But to have it as the agreed-upon way to how you play video games on Linux is completely unacceptable for several reasons, both technical and moral.”
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Ryan C. Gordon
Ryan C. Gordon (born 1986) is an American computer programmer known for his contributions to Linux and cross-platform game porting. He gained recognition for porting major games like Civilization IV and Unreal Tournament 2004 to Linux, and developed tools for the SDL library. An active open-source contributor, he worked with Loki Software and icculus.org, advancing game accessibility on non-Windows platforms. His work has significantly impacted the Linux gaming ecosystem. more
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