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Super Mario Inspired SuperTux Issues Its First Official Release In 10 Years (phoronix.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-ahead-and-play dept.

An anonymous reader writes: SuperTux, the free software game inspired by Nintendo's Super Mario Brothers, has put out its first stable release in a decade. SuperTux 0.4 rewrites the game engine to make use of OpenGL, SDL2, and other modern open-source game tech. SuperTux 0.4 additionally features a lot of new in-game content, an in-game download manager, and support for translations. SuperTux 0.4 can be downloaded for Linux, Windows and Mac via GitHub.

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  1. Re:Why Linux fails by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What you write doesn't make any sense.
    You write about open source games, give related examples, and somehow conclude that "Linux fails as a desktop".

    First of all, Linux also has Steam, with 1742 games.
    Just yesterday the Linux version of Saints Row IV was released.
    And last Saturday, Slashdot mentioned Capcom's recent announcement of Street Fighter V for Linux.
    Nowadays, open source games have little to do with Linux failing as a gaming platform.

    Secondly, your remark that Linux fails as a desktop is even more general than how it's doing when it comes to gaming.
    As a desktop OS it's already a success. Millions of people are already using it as their main desktop OS and for them it works just fine.

    What you actually mean is something like "Linux is not yet the #1 desktop OS."
    Well, yeah, but open source games basically have absolutely nothing to do with that.

    I mean, really, re-read what you just wrote.
    You literally start with "This is an example of why Linux fails as a desktop."
    Seriously?