> Well. It needs to be installed and tested.

> Obviously this is not 100% straightforward (needs to be
> compiled => not exactly for the beginner in GNU/Linux)
> as installing from e.g. Add/Remove... in Ubuntu.

If it runs on Windows, what is the problem of promoting that game to
end users?  Aren't we distributing Firefox for Windows, OOO for
Windows and Unikey for Windows?

I still think that we don't need to be extreme in terms of platform --
esp. when approaching the masses -- as most of the people still use
Windows. SFD is more of an approach to the masses, so I don't think
installation on Linux is a very big deal. I don't know if you have
Windows machines in AUF anymore, but in case you do, showing Free
Software runs just fine in Windows is good too, people don't get
scared by having the impression "oh this program is cool but looks
like I have to do a lot of things to have it?" versus "ok... this
program is cool, I'll copy this one to the usb flash drive and I will
try to install it on my computer as soon as I get home!"

Even if the game runs on Windows only, as long as it's open source,
and it is fun, I don't think that is a limiting factor of the game.
Notepad++ is another example of that kind of an Open source
Windows-only software. It works, it works well and it is open source,
so... we all promote using it.


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Huan Truong - xinhgai.net - U don't mess with KDE.

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