Tribsoft
Encyclopedia
Tribsoft was a Canadian software company that specialized in porting
computer games
to the Linux
platform.
It was responsible for porting Jagged Alliance 2
, as well as gaining the porting rights to Europa Universalis
, Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
, and Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business. In the end only Majesty was ever ported, and that was done by Linux Game Publishing
. Europa Universalis II
is also said to be coming to Linux.
Sometime in 2002 the owner of Tribsoft mentioned that he was "taking a short break" from porting games to Linux. This break eventually became permanent, when Tribsoft shut down in late 2002.
Porting
In computer science, porting is the process of adapting software so that an executable program can be created for a computing environment that is different from the one for which it was originally designed...
computer games
Computer Games
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to the Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
platform.
It was responsible for porting Jagged Alliance 2
Jagged Alliance 2
Jagged Alliance 2 is a tactical role-playing game for PC, released in 1999 for Windows, and later ported to Linux by Tribsoft. It is the third game in the Jagged Alliance series, and was followed by two expansions: Unfinished Business and Wildfire...
, as well as gaining the porting rights to Europa Universalis
Europa Universalis
Europa Universalis is a grand strategy video game released on March 14, 2000 by Paradox Interactive and distributed in North America by Strategy First...
, Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
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, and Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business. In the end only Majesty was ever ported, and that was done by Linux Game Publishing
Linux Game Publishing
Linux Game Publishing is a software company based in Nottingham in England. It ports, publishes and sells video games running on Linux operating systems. As well as porting games, LGP also sponsors the development of Grapple, a free software network library for games...
. Europa Universalis II
Europa Universalis II
Europa Universalis II is an empire-building, computer strategy game based on European and world history spanning a timeline between 1419 through 1820.-Gameplay:...
is also said to be coming to Linux.
Sometime in 2002 the owner of Tribsoft mentioned that he was "taking a short break" from porting games to Linux. This break eventually became permanent, when Tribsoft shut down in late 2002.