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Posted by: Hellmoon.4932

Hellmoon.4932

Hi. There is a Mac client, but i don`t see a linux client. So, is it planned? Linux MMO market is not so big right now, so this may be a chance for arena.net. Actually, i already bought this game, when i was on windows, but i can’t play it on linux today. I use Ubuntu 14.04, and this is my favorite OS.
Please, devs, make a linux port. Linux gamers is greate, and would love arena.net for native port. We don`t need wine, only native. I`m sure, that many new people would by this game, if it has a linux version.

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Posted by: Silmar Alech.4305

Silmar Alech.4305

The Mac client is no native client. It is actually the original Windows client, running in the (wine-based) emulation software called Cider.

If you manage to run GW2 under wine, for which exists fan-based documentation, you have about the same environment and performance as the Mac client.

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Posted by: abomally.2694

abomally.2694

Can’t be done without a lot of re-writing of the game engine, so it’s not gonna’ happen.

I like Linux as well, but it would require too much work for a small user base of (exclusive) Linux users.