| While many online casinos and poker rooms are | | | | Linux is a free source operating system. Unlike |
| beginning to make their software compatible with | | | | Windows and Macintosh, Linux software is free |
| Macintosh operating systems, Linux compatible | | | | and available to anyone who wants to use, or |
| programs are still definitely in the minority and a | | | | modify, the code. |
| little more difficult to find. | | | | The market for Linux is steadily increasing and |
| Linux is often forgotten in the world of online | | | | expected to continue its rapid upward growth. |
| casinos but there are a few casinos online that | | | | Conventionally, Linux users were technically |
| are opening the doors for Linux users. | | | | oriented programmers. Today, though, the |
| CasinoRoom ( ( and ( now offer software that is | | | | availability and cost of the software is leading it |
| compatible with Windows, Macintosh and Linux | | | | into mainstream markets. Many corporations have |
| operating systems. | | | | begun to convert their companies to Linux-based |
| Until recently, it was easier to play casino games | | | | operating system computers. |
| on a mobile phone than on a Linux computer but | | | | Online casinos are seeing the growth and |
| no longer. Players won't feel like they're getting | | | | Linux-compatible software is also growing with the |
| second rate quality, either, all of these versions | | | | market. Casino analysts, like Mary Hughes, believe |
| are identical to the software available to the | | | | that Linux users will have no problem finding an |
| Windows users. | | | | online casino that is compatible in a few years. |
| The trend is starting and this definitely won't be | | | | "Now, Linux users don't have much of a choice, |
| the end. | | | | although the options they do have are very |
| CasinoRoom and even offer Linux compatible | | | | high-quality and nice. In a few years, all of the |
| poker rooms with and | | | | casinos will have Linux-compatible programs, I |
| Online-Casino offers two different types of Linux | | | | guarantee it," Hughes said. |
| compatible software; a completely free flash | | | | Many online casino flash versions are currently |
| games version and the standard program in which | | | | compatible with Linux although they are for fun, |
| players can choose real money or practice money | | | | and not real money play. |
| play. | | | | |