[mort96]

The readme talks about plans for Linux support, but I'm guessing that's no longer on the table after the Epic acquisition? Sweeney is the single most publicly anti-Linux CEO I'm aware of.

[arlefreak]

https://x.com/rfleury/status/1987771794263363859?s=20 You can see the progress in the GitHub repo, seems like Linux support is the next big feature being worked on

[rfleury]

The repository was first open sourced 2 years after the acquisition. Nothing has changed about the project’s goals. We are working on the Linux port now. It’s currently our top priority.

[mort96]

I'm happy Epic hasn't influenced your goals yet. It's only a matter of time.

[rfleury]

Give the ideology a rest. Nothing will change.

[hyperbolablabla]

AFAIK, RAD was acquired by Epic before Ryan began working on the Linux port

[rfleury]

It was acquired before I even joined the company.

[mort96]

It usually takes some time for an acquisition to result in significant cultural shift in the acquired company, but it always happens in the end.

[rfleury]

Nothing has changed about the project’s design, intentions, or goals in the 5 years since the acquisition. This is just ideological.

[nottorp]

Do you expect an IAP peddler to support free software?

[mort96]

Yes actually: plenty of companies don't care where the money comes from, they're happy as long as there's money. Unity, the other big ad- and IAP-peddling game engine company, has pretty good Linux support.

It's weird for a company to explicitly say, "if you use this one operating system you can go F yourself, we don't want your money". (Note: this is not the same as saying "we only officially support Windows at this time, sorry". There's seething hatred in Sweeney's words.)

[nottorp]

I suppose Apple bribed him to support Macs. Who's going to bribe him to support Linux, RedHat? Canonical?

[password4321]

> Do you expect an IAP peddler to support free software?

Valve does.

[mort96]

Valve doesn't own RAD though