Does Linux support very important software such as DirectX so games can be played on it?

Question

There is free software on the web called Open Office from Sun Microsystems, it is free and attempts to release the monopoly that Microsoft has on the Office software market, why can't there be an Open Windows which can run alongside Microsoft Windows because I hate the stranglehold that Mcrosoft has on the World PC market.

Answer 1

There never will be an open Windows unless Microsoft decides to make windows source code available to all (and I don't think it will do this ...).
If the concept of Open Windows is hardly to consider, doesn't mean that there aren't any projects that are trying to develop a free operating system that can run windows software.
One of them is ReactOS, which is still in the developing stage but can run several windows applications, support windows drivers (but not all of them).
Open Office does the same thing... It can open MS Office files but it doen't mean it's fully compatible with it.
It's the same thing with DirectX from Microsoft. Why should Linux support DirectX since there are other standards which game developers can consider when creating the game (like for example openGL).

Answer 2

Game makers are very bad about supporting Linux. DirectX is for Windows but even if there was directx for Linux you would still need a Linux version of the game.

Some people play games in Linux using software called Wine, which tries to be Windows. I've never gotten it to work.

Some old DOS games will work in Linux if you use FREEDOS. I have gotten this to work but it will only help with old DOS games.

Answer 3

Active X and Direct X are both registered Microsoft technologies, thats why Linux cannot support it.
Developers can design their own independant systems. Mac doesn't rely on Windows or Microsoft either.