Linux

[indira]

it wont come to linux just because 90% of people wont know how to use it, most people dont know what a windows command line is. no way they will beable to do an install on linux cuz theres always things you need to install.

[Huginn]

it wont come to linux just because 90% of people wont know how to use it, most people dont know what a windows command line is. no way they will beable to do an install on linux cuz theres always things you need to install.

i would tend to disagree with part of your statement. Although many Linux users prefer to use command line (because it is faster and easier than clicking on a bunch of icons and searching around on the internet), you would not need to use any command line if SE made the game for linux and either themselves made a .deb, .rpm, .yum and apt or let the community do it for them, it would be as simple as putting in a CD or downloading a file and clicking on it to install FFXIV and then click to run it. The only additional installation step for running it on linux (or mac) would be to install linux in the first place, or get a computer that already runs linux.

Most people do not install windows on their computers themselves either.

[Delsus]

it wont come to linux just because 90% of people wont know how to use it, most people dont know what a windows command line is. no way they will beable to do an install on linux cuz theres always things you need to install.

Installing on linux is as hard as the devs want it to be, if they make a package and give it to the repositories distributions of linux use people can get it easily through software centers, apt-get command synaptic etc, they don't have to make files you have to compile into debs and install.

Linux is very user friendly now alot more so than it used to be, also the people who want to play the game on linux probably know how to install things properly anyway.

[Leyza]

it wont come to linux just because 90% of people wont know how to use it, most people dont know what a windows command line is. no way they will beable to do an install on linux cuz theres always things you need to install.

When I first used Ubuntu, I picked it right up. All you really need to know how to do to use the command prompt in Ubuntu is use Google and copy and paste. It's that easy.

To be honest, I prefer the command prompt over the Install Wizard due to it being a lot faster than it. Copy and paste, then Ubuntu does the rest of the work. At least, on Ubuntu. Not sure about other Linux OS.