Components Security Unicode Usability Web arch. Supporting many platforms, including Linux, Solaris, IRIX, FreeBSD, and MacOS, SDL is an ideal tool for cross-platform code porting, and another notch on the belt for Linux developers who know the OS is a viable platform for developing commercial software. Learn from one of our community leaders how SDL has allowed Linux users to enjoy some of the best games available on any platform, and how SDL is helping developers keep pace with the demands of the next generation of computer gamers. Games are what we do for fun, and what we do to relax. They enhance creativity and tone the mind.
Games are also the measure of an operating system.
As games get more and more complex, they stress each subsystem to the limits. Games on Linux have been around for a long time. The problem is, there just haven't been enough games. No multi-million dollar companies are producing blockbuster titles for Linux. This is starting to change, however, as the OS becomes increasingly popular.