[ut3] UT3 Linux client

[Ryan Ordway]

On Jan 1, 2008, at 11:29 AM, Serphet wrote:

> The linux and mac clients are almost identical in code. So whatever
> snag the linux client is in, the mac is also in.
>
> I say there are almost identical because they are both ogl based.
> Honestly i'm still not sure what the differnece is except for perhaps
> kernel stuff.


MacOS X is based on BSD, so it's quite different from Linux "under the  
hood". As people have already said, they are very similar. But they  
are still different enough to make it possible that they won't be  
released together. The networking stacks are very, very different.  
Depending on how low-level the code gets, there can be some very big  
differences.

Having had experience having to choose between supporting one platform  
or another first, I know that it will come down to whether they want  
to delay one or the other to get the other out first. They may choose  
to release both at the same time, but the two platforms are definitely  
different enough that they may decide to release one first. Who knows?  
I don't.

That being said, I'm writing this e-mail on a Mac. I'd love to see the  
Mac client out, especially if it has the editor!