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   (click here [pknet.com] to download the adkiller javascript code and put it on your own webspace, in case you don't trust me :-)
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• Opera doesn't seem to work with this at all.
• Internet Explorer won't automatically remove the ads, but by appending the following to the above code:

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  and clicking the new link in your Slashbox, the ads will go away.
• The User Slashbox only shows up on index.pl and articles.pl pages, socomment and user pages will still have ads. Luckily, the article pagesseem to be the only ones running the obnoxious new full-page ads [pknet.com], so this shouldn't be too annoying.

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   (click here [pknet.com] to download the adkiller javascript code and put it on your own webspace, in case you don't trust me :-)
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• Opera doesn't seem to work with this at all.
• Internet Explorer won't automatically remove the ads, but by appending the following to the above code:

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• The User Slashbox only shows up on index.pl and articles.pl pages, socomment and user pages will still have ads. Luckily, the article pagesseem to be the only ones running the obnoxious new full-page ads [pknet.com], so this shouldn't be too annoying.

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   (click here [pknet.com] to download the adkiller javascript code and put it on your own webspace, in case you don't trust me :-)
3. Scroll down the list of slashboxes, and make sure the "User Space" checkbox (inexplicably located between "MP3.com" and "Myther.com") is checked.
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• Opera doesn't seem to work with this at all.
• Internet Explorer won't automatically remove the ads, but by appending the following to the above code:

  <a href="javascript:delAds()">Click to delete ads</a>

  and clicking the new link in your Slashbox, the ads will go away.
• The User Slashbox only shows up on index.pl and articles.pl pages, socomment and user pages will still have ads. Luckily, the article pagesseem to be the only ones running the obnoxious new full-page ads [pknet.com], so this shouldn't be too annoying.

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Troll 115 of 210 from the annals of the Troll Library .

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   (click here [pknet.com] to download the adkiller javascript code and put it on your own webspace, in case you don't trust me :-)
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• Opera doesn't seem to work with this at all.
• Internet Explorer won't automatically remove the ads, but by appending the following to the above code:

  <a href="javascript:delAds()">Click to delete ads</a>

  and clicking the new link in your Slashbox, the ads will go away.
• The User Slashbox only shows up on index.pl and articles.pl pages, socomment and user pages will still have ads. Luckily, the article pagesseem to be the only ones running the obnoxious new full-page ads [pknet.com], so this shouldn't be too annoying.

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Troll 115 of 210 from the annals of the Troll Library .

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   <script type="text/javascript"><!--
   delAds();
   --></scrip t>
   

   (click here [pknet.com] to download the adkiller javascript code and put it on your own webspace, in case you don't trust me :-)
3. Scroll down the list of slashboxes, and make sure the "User Space" checkbox (inexplicably located between "MP3.com" and "Myther.com") is checked.
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• Opera doesn't seem to work with this at all.
• Internet Explorer won't automatically remove the ads, but by appending the following to the above code:

  <a href="javascript:delAds()">Click to delete ads</a>

  and clicking the new link in your Slashbox, the ads will go away.
• The User Slashbox only shows up on index.pl and articles.pl pages, socomment and user pages will still have ads. Luckily, the article pagesseem to be the only ones running the obnoxious new full-page ads [pknet.com], so this shouldn't be too annoying.

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Troll 115 of 210 from the annals of the Troll Library .

Interesting point, but I really doubt that this is aimed at the general consumer. It's for Joe Linux, who prides himself on doing nifty tech things with Linux.

Okay, Tux Racer may not be the most amazing thing in the world, but it's fun for a couple hours.

Freeciv...why is freeciv bad? You don't like civilization? There are some differences, but aside from the fact that civ had more artists (and, IMHO, a worse interface) and is a bit easier to use, not huge difference in fun factor.

Lets consider some others:

zangband/ToME/angband/nethack/etc: These *are* a lot of fun. Diablo has much more simplistic, boring gameplay, and it took off all over. Most variants have a pretty simple text or 2d graphics based interface without music, but some are a bit more elaborate. Be a bit of a pain to play on the controller, yes...

Chromium BSU: flashy scrolling shooter. Could use the 3d hardware in the X-box.

Dunno if you can just use ordinary ol' x86 binaries (particularly considering RAM usage), but:

Quake 3 (use the 3d hardware). Not free.

Abuse: This was a *blast* when it came out -- I played it over and over. It's looking a little dated now, but it's still a good game. Free now -- thanks crack.com.

Pingus is apparently shaping up pretty well.

There's part of the amazing Exile series available for Linux. (shareware)

Maelstrom may be too "simple" for you, as it's only an astroids clone, but it was a very well known game on the Mac for a long time, and I still like it.

While I'm not a tremendous fan of Illwinter's Conquest of Elysium II, their Dominions: Priests, Prophets, and Pretenders is a non-flashy but very deep, very good strategy game. Shareware.

There's a DOS-style shooter from Mountain King Studios, Raptor. (shareware)

Finally, there are all the emulators and whatnot...take a look at GNUboy, TuxNES, snes9x, DGen/SDL,
FreeSCI, Sarien, Exult, XU4, ScummVM, Basilisk II, YAE and others.

There are a host of Loki ports that you can't get any more except used. Lots of good stuff from LGames, though I'm not as big a fan of their stuff as some other people are.

Finally, text-based but really, really sophisticated, good, and almost all of them free, there are text-based interactive fiction (Try Tower of Babel before giving up on this...first one I ever beat without cheating, and it's *soooooo* good). The Interactive Fiction Archive has games and players.

Finally, many good games can be played through WINE -- Starcraft, Fallout, Max Payne, Half Life...

These are just some of the games that I enjoy under Linux. There are lots more (admittedly, some of lower quality) available at the SDL Games Page and the Linux Games Tome.

Linux games usually take a bit more (okay, often a lot :-) ) more effort to set up properly. But they're often very customizable, you can actually have an impact on the game design ("This game needs feature X"), and you don't have to leave the comfortable environs of Linux. And the environment is getting better, not worse.

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   (click here [pknet.com] to download the adkiller javascript code and put it on your own webspace, in case you don't trust me :-)
3. Scroll down the list of slashboxes, and make sure the "User Space" checkbox (inexplicably located between "MP3.com" and "Myther.com") is checked.
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• Opera doesn't seem to work with this at all.
• Internet Explorer won't automatically remove the ads, but by appending the following to the above code:

  <a href="javascript:delAds()">Click to delete ads</a>

  and clicking the new link in your Slashbox, the ads will go away.
• The User Slashbox only shows up on index.pl and articles.pl pages, socomment and user pages will still have ads. Luckily, the article pagesseem to be the only ones running the obnoxious new full-page ads [pknet.com], so this shouldn't be too annoying.

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Follow these five easy steps and never see another Slashdot ad again:

1. Go into your HomepagePreferences [slashdot.org].
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   <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pknet.com/~joe/adkiller.js"></sc ript>
   <script type="text/javascript"><!--
   delAds();
   --></scrip t>
   

   (click here [pknet.com] to download the adkiller javascript code and put it on your own webspace, in case you don't trust me :-)
3. Scroll down the list of slashboxes, and make sure the "User Space" checkbox (inexplicably located between "MP3.com" and "Myther.com") is checked.
4. Return to the front page [slashdot.org], and your Slashbox should be there, quietly zapping all iframes and banner-shaped images on the page.
5. There is no step 5!! It's that easy.

• Opera doesn't seem to work with this at all.
• Internet Explorer won't automatically remove the ads, but by appending the following to the above code:

  <a href="javascript:delAds()">Click to delete ads</a>

  and clicking the new link in your Slashbox, the ads will go away.
• The User Slashbox only shows up on index.pl and articles.pl pages, socomment and user pages will still have ads. Luckily, the article pagesseem to be the only ones running the obnoxious new full-page ads [pknet.com], so this shouldn't be too annoying.

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   <script type="text/javascript"><!--
   delAds();
   --></scrip t>
   

   (click here [pknet.com] to download the adkiller javascript code and put it on your own webspace, in case you don't trust me :-)
3. Scroll down the list of slashboxes, and make sure the "User Space" checkbox (inexplicably located between "MP3.com" and "Myther.com") is checked.
4. Return to the front page [slashdot.org], and your Slashbox should be there, quietly zapping all iframes and banner-shaped images on the page.
5. There is no step 5!! It's that easy.

• Opera doesn't seem to work with this at all.
• Internet Explorer won't automatically remove the ads, but by appending the following to the above code:

  <a href="javascript:delAds()">Click to delete ads</a>

  and clicking the new link in your Slashbox, the ads will go away.
• The User Slashbox only shows up on index.pl and articles.pl pages, socomment and user pages will still have ads. Luckily, the article pagesseem to be the only ones running the obnoxious new full-page ads [pknet.com], so this shouldn't be too annoying.

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-S.Trooper

-S.Trooper

-S.Trooper (posting anonymously since I seem to have struck a nerve and gotten my account banned)

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• Opera doesn't seem to work with this at all.
• Internet Explorer won't automatically remove the ads, but by appending the following to the above code:

  <a href="javascript:delAds()">Click to delete ads</a>

  and clicking the new link in your Slashbox, the ads will go away.
• The User Slashbox only shows up on index.pl and articles.pl pages, so comment and user pages will still have ads. Luckily, the article pages seem to be the only ones running the obnoxious new full-page ads, so this shouldn't be too annoying.

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   (click here to download the adkiller javascript code and put it on your own webspace, in case you don't trust me :-)
3. Scroll down the list of slashboxes, and make sure the "User Space" checkbox (inexplicably located between "MP3.com" and "Myther.com") is checked.
4. Return to the front page, and your Slashbox should be there, quietly zapping all iframes and banner-shaped images on the page.
5. There is no step 5!! It's that easy.

• Opera doesn't seem to work with this at all.
• Internet Explorer won't automatically remove the ads, but by appending the following to the above code:

  <a href="javascript:delAds()">Click to delete ads</a>

  and clicking the new link in your Slashbox, the ads will go away.
• The User Slashbox only shows up on index.pl and articles.pl pages, so comment and user pages will still have ads. Luckily, the article pages seem to be the only ones running the obnoxious new full-page ads, so this shouldn't be too annoying.

If you are a Javascript wizard and know how to make this script work on Opera or IE, please tell me. Ad-free Slashdot should be available to everyone!

Follow these five easy steps and never see another Slashdot ad again:

1. Go into your Homepage Preferences.
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   <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pknet.com/~joe/adkiller.js"></sc ript>
   <script type="text/javascript"><!--
   delAds();
   --></script>
   

   (click here to download the adkiller javascript code and put it on your own webspace, in case you don't trust me :-)
3. Scroll down the list of slashboxes, and make sure the "User Space" checkbox (inexplicably located between "MP3.com" and "Myther.com") is checked.
4. Return to the front page, and your Slashbox should be there, quietly zapping all iframes and banner-shaped images on the page.
5. There is no step 5!! It's that easy.

• Opera doesn't seem to work with this at all.
• Internet Explorer won't automatically remove the ads, but by appending the following to the above code:

  <a href="javascript:delAds()">Click to delete ads</a>

  and clicking the new link in your Slashbox, the ads will go away.
• The User Slashbox only shows up on index.pl and articles.pl pages, so comment and user pages will still have ads. Luckily, the article pages seem to be the only ones running the obnoxious new full-page ads, so this shouldn't be too annoying.

If you are a Javascript wizard and know how to make this script work on Opera or IE, please tell me. Ad-free Slashdot should be available to everyone!

I believe that AutoCAD had Un*x versions up until AutoCAD r13c4. I still wish they did though... :(

I really wish there were some nice 3D modeling and rendering programs like trueSpace and 3DSMax for Linux. I guess that is my rant... I don't like using Windows, but I have to for 3D modeling and CAD... :/ (And I don't really like Blender very much.)

-Phil