Hello! I greatly appreciate the features that Magelo provides, but like many other players, I prefer a Linux distribution as my operating system. Thus, I'd like to have access to the Magelo Sync client on my OS of choice.
As I see that Magelo is programmed in (at least partially) Java, by the necessity of the JRE, I would think that portability to a Linux environment would be feasible. Ideally, I'd like to see Magelo open source (or at least, with an open extensible API), but I recognize there may (or may not) be issues with that. Thus, if that isn't feasible at the moment, a Linux client would be a great offering to the community.
There are a handful of other, popular MMO communities with "clients" they've tethered to proprietary Microsoft .NET technology, which has only hurt their adoption on Mac, Linux, and mobile platforms. Those that have made their tech available to those on Linux platforms have been rewarded by the community. A Linux client would easily make Magelo the prime "profiling" site for major MMO players on Linux. I hope it is feasible. Thanks again for your time,
Nepabrite
Registered User
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Register: 11/20/11
Posted: 2/26/12, 9:31 PM
Hi Xaeos,
First off, thank you for supporting Magelo and for your feedback!
As far as a Linux OS version, I certainly understand where you are coming from and I'll ask Jelan about the feasibility of this. That being said, we do have many open projects in our workflow at the moment for all the games we cover (including some nifty things you'll see on the WoW channel soon-ish), so I wouldn't throw your Windows OS version out the window just yet.
When it comes to making Sync open source, we have no plans to do this at any time in the near future, as it is a proprietary software and making it open source defeats the purpose of integrating this into our Premium services. I'm sorry, I know that wasn't the answer you were hoping for, but I'd rather shoot ya straight than leave a cloud of doubt over the subject
Again, thanks for your feedback and for your support
Jelan
Admin
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Register: 5/4/01
Posted: 2/26/12, 11:22 PM
Hi Xaeos,
We at Magelo are great believers in OSS and are making contributions when we can. Linux is not very popular as a gaming platform and I only hope it gains some momentum in the future. Even with all the progress that has been made with 3d accelerated VM, I don't really see publishers willing to deal with mac/linux platforms anymore...
Which MMO are you playing on linux right now and is it a native integration or are you using something like WINE to make it work?
