What API should I use for programming in linux? http://users.50megs.com/crazyvasey/

SDL. http://www.libsdl.org

After you get more comfortable, I highly suggest checking out the alternatives for yourself, but right now, SDL is professional, has lots of documentation, and is fairly easy, if you have other game programming background.

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OK I''ll try that. Is gcc a good compiler?

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It sure is.

PGCC (Pentium GCC) generates even faster code, but I suggest getting comfortable with the Linux/GCC/SDL development platform before moving to PGCC.

To give you an example of the quality of GCC:
My radiosity processor with a certain scene runs:
- 2m 38sec on Win2k with Visual C++ 6.0, max optimizing
- 2m 04sec on Win2k with Intel C/C++ 4.0, max optimizing
- 2m 05sec on Linux, glibc 2.1, gcc 2.95, max optimizing
- 1m 56sec on Linux, glibc 2.1, pgcc 2.95, max optimizing

This on an AMD Athlon. The run time is just the pure calculation with both a lot of integer work and a lot of floating point. Max optimizing means options set to obtain the fastest results.

Not bad for a free compiler, eh?

DaBit.

That is faster but have you taken into account the slowdown caused by windows bloated nature? Win2K is supposed to pretty slow.

I''ve used gcc before with dgjpp but I prefer Borland C++. That''s why I asked.

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