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Marinos J. Yannikos wrote:
> 
> I wonder if it would make sense to attempt to write a game (multimedia?)
> programming library which supports DirectX as well as Linux/SVGAlib and
> perhaps X. It looks like all major companies have switched to DirectX,
> so if there was a way to support most useful DirectX functions under
> Linux, the growing Linux community might benefit from this. Note that
> there are 2 possibilities: 1) attempt to "port" DirectX to Linux/SVGAlib
> and 2) write a library with its own API which will work with DirectX and
> Linux/SVGAlib.
> 
> This is just an idea, not a real proposal. What do you think?
> (I wonder if the guys at ID software already have something like this)
> 
> -nino

I find it very intersting because I had exactly the same idea a few
months
ago ;-). As a Linux fan, I had begun to work on a new (private) project
called the "Linux Game SDK", which is more or less and equivalent of the
DirectX API, but specific to Linux/Un*x. I have written a little
presentation
of this project at the following URL:

	http://www.essi.fr/~speter/gsdk.html

Please note that serious development isn't yet, that's just a set of
ideas
I think we should try to implement as a team work worldwide :). I kept
this
project private until now as I expected to do a little more work on it
before
making a public announcement, but if some other Linux enthusiasts would
like
to contribute, then I'd like to hear your opinions!


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