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I for one am a linux user who used to play subspace on linux. In my experience, when it did work, it worked better than it ever did on Windows. this is the typical linux experience with most games that have functional linux versions. Linux gamers will tell you all about the superior performance you get on Linux vs. Windows when it comes to OpenGL games (Quake1-4, UT, Doom1-3 for example). Even a lot of games that run through WINE without native support often have much better performance because.. quite simply.. linux handles it resources in a far superior fashion to Windows. However, the distro of linux I used did something to WINE (the way it installs) and I've been too lazy to reinstall it the way the WINE version of continuum wants it to be installed. So I've since stopped playing. The linux market would JUMP ALL OVER THIS GAME. They just need to know about it. Distros would probably include it in their repositories, and you'd have LOADS of people playing overnight more than likely. I recommend advertising this project to Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, and Fedora Core users. You'll probably find a lot of bored game programmers there who would hop onto the project in a heartbeat. I'm no programmer, but I would offer up all 8 machines I run linux from to do further server and client testing. Its not much, but its what I can offer since I've been playing this game since 1997, and havent played in more than a year. Continuum on linux would increase the population and popularity of the game exponentially. If you "hate" linux I suggest trying out a PCLinuxOS LiveCD (just pop it in your CD drive, and boot from it, no need to install) and give it a taste. You'd be surprised how user friendly it really is with recent changes to KDE 3.3.5 and GNOME 2.1.2. In fact, my 53 year old mother who has been a lifelong computer illeriterate was able to make the change over to linux in less than 2 days of tinkering. In her words, "I've just been over thinking it.. this is actually a little too easy." For those who are new to the concept of linux, let me explain the ultimate benefit of continuum on linux... Package Repositories. This is where linux software is stored and updated for a user to just download at will. A single program (such as Synaptic, apt, YaST, or YUM - depending on the distro) maintains an organized list of this software, and with a single click you pick it and it installs with all the needed dependancies attached. Its easier than Windows by far, and again.. don't take it from me.. take it from the 12 year old children I've taught to use linux, or the 50+ year olds that I've converted over to linux. I !@#$%^&*ure you it will be worth every effort to continuing continuum's future to port this over to linux (and not just through WINE).