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The End Is Nigh For the Linux Game Tome
First time accepted submitter Sodki writes "The Linux Game Tome, one of the most important websites related to video gaming in GNU/Linux, will shut down on the 13th of April, according to a news post published on the website. The decision was made due to the 'lack both the time and the ambition to do what is necessary to keep the site afloat,' which has resulted in 'spam clogging the forums, lack of updates and increasing brokenness of the site.' This might not be the end, though. The maintainers of The Linux Game Tome will make available a dump of the games database, so that anyone interested can cook up a new and updated version of the website, and a worthwhile effort will be considered for a transfer of ownership of the domain. The current source code of the website, which is from 1999, will not be available because 'it is not fit for human consumption.'"
It certainly had a good run; I remember poking around the Linux Game Tome as a teenager in the misty past (and it's where I discovered Freeciv, Warzone 2100, and lbreakout2). Are there any alternatives already operating (unfortunately, Freecode doesn't seem popular with game authors)? Or: Which one of you is going to write the Linux Game Tome 3.0?
Steam?
Upward mobility is a slippery slope - the higher you climb the more you show your ass.
There are already dozens of websites that serve the exact same function, with just as good or better presentation... (not unlike Linux distros themselves).
Let it die, ask another site to fill in holes if there are any, and nothing of value will be lost.
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That I never ever heard of despite running Linux exclusively for 13 years.
I'm thinking that getting the word out was their problem, and that their importance is being overblown.
... by Slashdot! Thanks a lot, Slashdot.
As a post mortem, they probably should've had a nazi who would post 'The refrigerator gets cleaned out every other Friday, move it or lose it' in the kitchen, and 'the Perl code gets cleaned out every three months, no exceptions' on the server.
another game distribution package that includes a lot of open source games is desura
I liked Happy Penguin, what's next? Will LWN close down too?? I suppose for a lot of us The LInux Game Tome was important because they listed lots of games for us, and have a pretty good interface at that. Guess I just miss the old wide open days of Linux..
*Goes out and and stands in yard with a torch and pitchfork*
Apparently, this story was a last breath effort to keep the eyeballs coming.
Like the poster above, I've been using Linux 100% for 15 years and never heard of this site.
I'm sure nothing of value is being lost there.
There's games for Linux besides TuxRacer?
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
Now that we have Steam, they probably have outlived their usefulness somewhat. It used to be the case that all Linux games were made by Ingo Ruhnke.
There's still a market for a Free software-only games portal, I suppose.
xkcd is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
It's only Linux.
I recently started taking an active role on getdeb.net and playdeb.net and would love to adopt the happypenguin.org site. Unfortunately, I don't see who to contact to let them know that.
Thanks,
Joseph Brower
joseph(dot)brower(at)gmail(dot)com
The misty past? For a site that opened as late as 1999? Get off my lawn!
http://www.playdeb.net/updates/ubuntu/12.10/
Board Game Geek is a very popular site for information about board games. A site for free computer games would fit fairly well with it. I don't know if they are willing to share their code though.
I just last weekend found a couple of games to try from there.
For games that are free software and have their media released under a free license as well, check out
https://libregamewiki.org/
If a project dies, someone else can just come in and maintain it without some exec crying his dick off. (although they'd be damned if they never tried to even if it wasn't theirs!)
Hopefully someone with enough time and resources can give it a new home.
And that reminds me, I need to play some more Warzone2100. That is still probably my favorite RTS. Games today aren't even remotely nearly as good as it besides maybe some Spring mods. That and AoE II of course.
Supcom gets boring after a year of play, Starcraft is awful rushfest crap with 0 depth, just to name a couple of the larger ones that people prefer.
It is also probably one of the few RTS on the console that never felt painful to use.
So glad it got open sourced before The Bad Things happened. RIP Pumpkin.
What this site needs is a direct link on /. to get the word ou..... [carrier lost]
...but it's not comparable, I guess.
Did they not ever update their phpBB2 version?
Ever since the linux game tome stopped being updated, I switched to indiedb to publish my open source games.
http://www.indiedb.com/games/dungeon-tactics
Dungeon Tactics : Free Open Source SRPG
Well there are plenty of others, LGT was my first though! http://www.gamingonlinux.com/ - daily news http://www.penguspy.com/ - a directory similair to LGT http://linuxgamecast.com/ - game videos and tutorials for linux
I have been browsing the linux game database,
and it's a pretty good site, with a similar goal to the Linux Game Tome.
http://www.lgdb.org/
I realize that maybe most of you don't live on Cape Cod or near Woods Hole - so here is the local story: http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2013/03/26/17884-explorer-and-filmmaker-james-cameron-gives-deepsea-challenger-sub-woods-hol
Titanic filmmaker James Cameron gives Sub to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Forms partnership with WHOI to accelerate technology development, ocean research and discovery
Explorer and filmmaker James Cameron and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have formed a partnership to stimulate advances in ocean science and technology and build on the historic breakthroughs of the 2012 Cameron-led DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition exploring deep-ocean trenches.
The announcement comes on the one-year anniversary of Cameron’s unprecedented solo dive to 35,787 feet, almost 11,000 meters, to the deepest place on Earth—the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench—in the vertically-deployed vehicle he and his team engineered, the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible system and science platform.
Cameron will transfer the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER to Woods Hole, where WHOI scientists and engineers will work with Cameron and his team to incorporate the sub’s numerous engineering advancements into future research platforms and deep-sea expeditions. This partnership harnesses the power of public and private investment in supporting deep-ocean science.
“The seven years we spent designing and building the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER were dedicated to expanding the options available to deep-ocean researchers. Our sub is a scientific proof-of-concept, and our partnership with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a way to provide the technology we developed to the oceanographic community,” says Cameron.
“WHOI is a world leader in deep submergence, both manned and unmanned. I’ve been informally associated with WHOI for more than 20 years, and I welcome this opportunity to formalize the relationship with the transfer of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible system and science platform. WHOI is a place where the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER system will be a living, breathing and dynamic program going forward”.
“Jim’s record-breaking dive was inspirational and helped shine a spotlight on the importance of the deep ocean,” says Susan Avery, president and director of WHOI. “We face many challenges in our relationship with the ocean, so there is heightened urgency to implement innovative approaches. Partnerships such as this one represent a new paradigm and will accelerate the progress of ocean science and technology development”.
The DEEPSEA CHALLENGER system demonstrated the effectiveness of a human-piloted vehicle as a science platform for investigating the deepest part of the ocean. Due to the extreme pressures of these deep-sea environments and the technical challenges involved in reaching them, ocean trenches are among the least explored environments on the planet. The DEEPSEA CHALLENGER system incorporated innovative solutions to some of the challenges of accessing the oceans depths. Among several of the significant innovations are approaches to flotation, energy storage, camera and lighting systems that enabled Cameron to gather data, samples, and imagery in order to maximize science value from the expedition.
“Jim and his team saw challenges and overcame them with forward, innovative thinking. The technological solutions they developed for the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER system can be incorporated into other human-occupied and robotic vehicles, especially those used for deep-sea research,” says Avery. “We plan to make that happen.”
WHOI envisions a range of uses for the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER system that will bring value to research programs in ocean trenches. For example, WHOI scientists plan to use the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER's cameras and lighting systems on the Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle Nereus, which dove to the Mariana Trench in 2009 and will return to trenches in the At
https://twitter.com/LinuxGamers
That's who I follow to keep up to date on which projects on Kickstarter (et al) plan to support Linux
http://www.lgdb.org/
Is a more than worthy replacement.
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