So I’ve been thinking, the DOOM game code was made available openly and if I am not mistaken, was based off the linux version.
Is it right to say that’s why DOOM got incredibly popular with the “It can run on anything i.e a cash machine”
I say this because we all know Linux is a rock solid and efficient system compared to the bloat of Windows.
If anyone can enlighten me, This is pretty much why you can find DooM on almost any platform BECAUSE of its Linux code port roots?
Consider me a nutcase but I genuinely thought this was the case.
Carmack actually developed Doom on NeXTSTEP, not Linux. The windows and DOS ports were not released as open source, due to copyright issues concerning the sound library. So they released the source of the Linux port instead. I don’t think it made much of a difference in practice since it was a fairly popular game even before that.