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25 Best Linux Games
bobz writes "The Linux Game Tome has announced the winners of the Happypenguin Awards. Games, toys and libraries in 25 different categories were nominated and voted upon by the Linux gaming community. Take a look at the best Linux gaming has to offer." Alas, no SimCity 4, and no Sims Online.
Linux has 25 games now? I guess they all win...
Schnapple
Wow. But are 10 of them "moria" variants? Or are we talking about 25+ *unique* games??
-Mark
You turn around the corner. Your foe (Server, 58 Hp 3D1) awaits. You engage battle. You /. the server.
You gained an experience level!
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
That game is just plain boring. Maybe if Maxis had finished it before releasing it, it'd be more fun to play.
But... maybe by the time they release a Linux version, it *will* be finished.
Is that free as in very cheap, or free as in Kevin Mitnick?
And that atmosphere is.... brown.
I mean, I've never found freely available Windows game that would be fun.
You mean you don't like minesweeper or solitaire????
Some of these games got the "best game" of a particular category because they are the only game in that particular category :)
"Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it." -- Linus Torvalds
I sucked in minesweeper, because I never figured it out. I still don't know how to predict if I am about to uncover a mine or a safe square, so I might just as well click around randomly.
Solitaire is just boring.
The owls are not what they seem
The best way to play minesweeper is to set the grid size to its max and the number of mines to its min.
This way, you have a big space with like only ten mines. A lot of times, you can clear the board with one click.
YES! New Record! One Second! Woohoo!
Games available on Linux, right? So that would include every arcade game up till the late 90's, right? Unless there's a hidden rule saying the game can't be emulated or illegal...?
Samurai Shodown
Tempest
Strike Force
I, Robot
New Zealand Story
Drift Out
Metal Slug
Waku waku 7
Alien vs Predator
Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
Let's not forget the old classic:
cat /var/spool/mail/hotgirl | grep sex
Although I think that's probably closly followed by 2 others:
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $EXTIF -o $INTIF -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
tail - 200 access.log | grep "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0"
I got a new game recently: The Oracle 9i install! I've been playing this for MONTHS now, and I'm still not sure how it's gonna turn out! I love the way you have to keep trying different things until you finally solve it! Please no spoilers!
I'm also a big fan of the "adding a non-standard serial device" game, but I'm not very good at it yet.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Breakout, Super Breakout, ...photoshop...
You play a software programmer who has one mission: Get Linux Ready for the Desktop!
You must navigate new users, configuration scripts, unsupported printers, and obscure terminal messages!
Your enemy, BILL GATES will do anything to stop you! Beware the dreaded Intellectual Property attack, and the TOC missle! Dodge laywer after laywer who will try anything to stop you! Pick up pizzas, Mountain Dew, and Penguin Mints for extra power!
All this without a consistent user interface, and sound!
If you think your good enough to beat the 'Steve Balmer Monkey Dance' and churn out a thousand lines of code a day, you just might be ready for "Get Linux Ready for the Desktop"!
Act now, and well include a DCCS encoded bonus level: 'Shave Richard Stalman!'
You gotta be quick, you gotta be good, you gotta "Get Linux Ready for the Desktop"!
It has to be xbill.
word.
I can't believe this article about Linux's top 25 games story beat my submission of the top 10 best versions of Mozilla. :(
I was searching on the google usenet archives to see how long this feature has been in windows... Apparently since the olden days.
Anyway, I saw this post, and I just thought it was hilarious how anyone could be so excited about Minesweeper. So, for your viewing pleasure, here it is:
From: Wayne (wayne@dmntor.UUCP)
Subject: XYZZY : Minesweeper code
View: Complete Thread (6 articles)
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Newsgroups: rec.humor
Oh my GAWD!!! It worked !!!!!!!!!! I was reading the posts on the minesweeper crack-code and finally got it to work. Seriously, this is what to do: Load "Windows" (I have 3.1 if that makes a difference?) Load up "Minesweeper" With mouse arrow anywhere on screen type: xyzzy {hit enter} {hold shift+hit enter} Look way up at the top left corner of the screen and you will see a single pixel of light flash on and off as you move the mouse across the minesweeper playing field: the light will stay on for blank spots and will go out when you pass over a mine. I have a bright color background but still could see the white light flashing on and off (so no need to change your background which may be a pain in the ass just to cheat at a stupid game for two minutes).
I was sure that this was a bunch of bullshit just to get people to sit there and waste their time trying some stupid non-existent command. But to my amazement, it worked.
OK, now that this worked, WHAT OTHER SECRET THINGS ARE THERE??
If you had nuts on your chin, would they be chin nuts?
No No No! You young people have no appriciation of the proper use of tools.
Screwdrivers are used to chop a mortise for a door hinge.
A chisel is for opening paint cans.
A hammer is for driving screws IN.
Pliers are for taking screws OUT.
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But I'm sure you already Gnu that.