B3D on linux

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Is there a version of blitz3d on linux (or something similar) the way that a.hole emperor gates is going, soon nothing will run on windows without having to pay massive 'im a real big vendor and promise not to be bad' fees.
Im thinking of switching to linux, but how does opengl compare with directx? and is there a nice language like blitz to program in.