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CCP To Discontinue EVE Online Support For Linux

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http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=993361

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Hello,

My name is Arend Stührmann, also known as CCP Whisper, and I am the producer in charge of the project bringing EVE Online to the Mac and Linux operating systems. As you may know, we have been working in partnership with Transgaming Technologies, utilizing their Cider engine to allow EVE Online to run on the Mac OS and their Cedega engine to enable operation under Linux. This project went live in late 2007 and in that time we have seen the same slow, steady growth in the numbers of users of the Mac client that has characterized the growth of EVE Online throughout its history. However we have not seen a similar growth in the numbers using our Linux client.

It is for this reason that I am sorry to have to announce that from the 10th of March onwards CCP will no longer be officially supporting the Linux operating system. The low amount of users of the Linux client did not justify the degree of additional complexity having three operating systems imposes on our development and release schedules. There is the matter of maintaining the hardware infrastructure to facilitate the development work, spending man-hours on testing and diagnosing faults in the client as well as regression testing. While we did embark on this project with the aim of being one of the few MMOG’s on the market offering a game client for all of the major operating system architectures, we feel that the time and resources that were being spent on the Linux client would be better utilized in areas where more players would benefit from them.

I would like to thank you for your past support of our efforts to bring EVE to the Linux OS. The feedback and commitment we obtained from players like you helped both CCP and Transgaming with our attempts to improve on the quality and stability of the client. Many of us in CCP use Linux and are convinced of its merits as an operating system.

Should you wish to continue playing EVE Online under Linux there are several options available. Some of these are free and some require purchase of software. A selection of these is at the bottom of this e-mail along with basic instructions on how to use EVE Online through them. If you wish to stop playing EVE Online and want to request a refund of unused game time, please contact our billing department by filing a petition in the billing category. They will assist you in obtaining a refund for the remaining game time and closing your account.

Again, thank-you for your support,

Arend Stührmann

Comments

  • Justicar
    February 08, 2009, 02:01:30 pm

    Oh Jesus, at first I only saw part of the thing when I first came into the forum saying "CCP To Discontinue Eve Online...".  Scared me half to death.  This is seriously still as bad imo, no more players from Linux... well it wasn't so great of an operating system was it?
  • Talinthi
    June 15, 2009, 08:22:27 am

    Quote from: Justicar on February 08, 2009, 02:01:30 pm
    Oh Jesus, at first I only saw part of the thing when I first came into the forum saying "CCP To Discontinue Eve Online...". Scared me half to death. This is seriously still as bad imo, no more players from Linux... well it wasn't so great of an operating system was it?

    I know what you mean i almost paniced myself when i saw those words lol
  • wf1
    June 15, 2009, 08:44:05 am

    /ends his panic
    i think the headlines need to be a little bit longer lol
  • AHughes
    June 15, 2009, 10:00:59 am

    I almost shat mah pants  :lol:
  • NateX
    June 15, 2009, 11:59:36 am

    haha same! panic all over!
  • Deadtwin
    June 15, 2009, 07:47:16 pm

    jesus christ, eve is over? who won? :D
  • Tyr Aegir
    June 16, 2009, 03:48:27 am

    CCP
  • jhgbff
    June 17, 2009, 01:08:46 am

    hehehe, so i wasn't the only one who had a mini heart attack.
  • AbboTT
    June 17, 2009, 12:02:19 pm

    Talk about fail headlines.

    If you guys aren't going to include actual images on the little sidebar thing, you could simply remove the placeholder "News" image and leave more space for the headlines.

    Or you could have written the headline backwards--

    "Linux Support Discontinued by CCP"

    Though, I guess the story will get more hits this way :D
  • Blackfiredaemon
    June 17, 2009, 12:32:09 pm

    Rofl, fail headline is fail.
  • Ghost Prophet
    June 18, 2009, 01:18:37 am

    You guys, this doesn't mean people on Linux can't play Eve. They were all using the Windows compiled version of the game on Linux before CCP disconutinied Linux support anyway because their Linux port of the game sucked ass. Lol
  • Worthington
    June 18, 2009, 03:32:54 am

    Quote from: Ghost Prophet on June 18, 2009, 01:18:37 am
    You guys, this doesn't mean people on Linux can't play Eve. They were all using the Windows compiled version of the game on Linux before CCP disconutinied Linux support anyway because their Linux port of the game sucked ass. Lol

    This.
  • Fuzzydragon
    June 25, 2009, 07:56:41 pm

    Did anybody actually read this cause they cared about the linux client lol?
  • noesis790
    June 27, 2009, 08:12:06 pm

    Wow, yeah, made me panic for a sec
  • SuperNova221
    July 01, 2009, 06:15:57 am

    Damn you battleclinic.

    My boxers are now brown.


    Anyway, yeah this is kinda bad. Not affecting anybody I know though, I think.
  • Mushr00m
    July 07, 2009, 05:05:01 pm

    TO CCP or Battle clinic:

    PLEASE CHANGE THE TITLE OF THIS MESSAGE TO:

    LINUX NO LONGER SUPPORTED.

    I made it to the story before any cardiac damage.
  • blesskrieg
    July 07, 2009, 10:22:10 pm

    OH NO EVE ONLINE NO LONGER SUPPORTED
  • Trabber Shir
    July 07, 2009, 11:00:39 pm

    All these near heart attack reports are made even funnier by the fact that it was a 4 month necro.
  • nozzle888
    July 10, 2009, 09:17:19 pm

    almost every person who saw this forum :censored: ing freaked out because they thought eve was done. i hope everyone reads this so they don't post a comment saying what a relief it was.
  • Dirtydogz
    July 21, 2009, 04:59:22 pm

    HAHAHA to bad for the linux users then eh...!!
  • Blackfiredaemon
    July 22, 2009, 02:06:16 am

    I'm pretty sure they can still play eve, they just need to use wine
  • deadly guy
    July 22, 2009, 02:09:59 am

    I think the best thing to say for this is:

    Whats a linux?
  • Siigari
    July 22, 2009, 03:26:53 am

    lol necro
  • rexenor
    August 02, 2009, 10:28:42 pm

    damm, man
  • CutEye
    August 05, 2009, 09:59:40 am

    LOL yeah this slightly necro'ed post nearly gave me a coronary as well.  CCP continues showing wisdom in it's decisions.  They really are more responsive and engaging with their community than any other MMO staff I've ever seen. If the title was intended to grab eyes it succeeded well, but really poor tact with the page formatting and title.
  • St0n3rPhReaK
    August 14, 2009, 11:37:39 am

    EvE will never be done!
  • Hokhan
    August 14, 2009, 12:49:44 pm

    phew.............crap i shoulda read the whole thing before calling emergency, gtg i think paramedics at door
  • poakeyes
    August 17, 2009, 04:00:44 pm

    whew was like omg
  • ShipBuilder
    August 20, 2009, 07:04:37 pm

    Shh! There is no linux it is just a myth.
  • RADIOACTIVEBUNY
    August 29, 2009, 09:38:10 am

    Honestly, it never even crossed my mind that ccp would discontinue EVE online.  I didn't even see that, lol.  No panic for me :D  That headline fails so hard tho.
  • RADIOACTIVEBUNY
    August 29, 2009, 09:39:56 am

    Quote from: Hokhan on August 14, 2009, 12:49:44 pm
    phew.............crap i shoulda read the whole thing before calling emergency, gtg i think paramedics at door

    LOL
  • bugusnot
    August 29, 2009, 12:35:21 pm

    Great call!  Appreciate you folks focusing your development efforts rather than wasting resources on a niche platform
  • Blackfiredaemon
    August 29, 2009, 12:59:21 pm

    You do realise this happened in February?
  • Fugusha Kisai
    August 29, 2009, 07:04:05 pm

    Not the point.
  • Krinkles619
    November 08, 2009, 01:31:33 pm

    oh man, i just saw this now and i almost shat myself. good god i saw the title and my heart was racing and then i read the full title and i'm like "OMG THANK GOD"
  • Justicar
    November 08, 2009, 02:26:33 pm

    Quote from: Krinkles619 on November 08, 2009, 01:31:33 pm
    oh man, i just saw this now and i almost shat myself. good god i saw the title and my heart was racing and then i read the full title and i'm like "OMG THANK GOD"

    :necro: much?
  • Krinkles619
    November 08, 2009, 03:10:52 pm

    what can i say, i never read the news lol
  • toks1015
    February 19, 2010, 03:17:11 am

    men i almost got an heart attack PLS CHANGE THE HEADING B4 U KILL SOMEONE
  • Wearlje
    February 28, 2010, 09:58:27 am

    "CCP To Discontinue EVE On..."

    God i panicked...

    PS: w00t for necros!
  • MattStriker
    February 28, 2010, 12:12:07 pm

    Can we get a lock on this thread so it'll gently fade away instead of being necro'd every few weeks? :P