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Here’s five open source RTS games for you strategy buffs among my readers. All free, all open source. All cross platform.
Posts Tagged ‘games’
5 Open Source Real-time Strategy Games
Friday, September 12th, 2008getdeb.net announces Playbuntu
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
getdeb.net, a provider of quality packages for Ubuntu, have announced “the start of a gaming repository for Ubuntu.”
The repository (codenamed “Playbuntu“) will provide all games available on getdeb.net in an easy to use repository format – enabling you to receive updates for your favourite game via the Update Manager tool. Additonally, if a game has several packages, installing them is quite easy as it’ll be automatically handled.
geddeb.net [via Software Journal]
42 of the Best Commercial Linux Games
Sunday, June 15th, 2008In addition to the list of 84 free games covered on LinuxLinks.com, they also have a list of 42 commercial titles available on Linux. In order for a game to qualify for this list it had to meet the following requirements:
- Released under a proprietary license with a fee required either to purchase the game, or a monthly charge
- Not require Wine to run. Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows software
So if you really couldn’t find a game to suit you from the 84 titles previously mentioned and you are willing to pay, have a look at this list.
Update: LinuxLinks seems to be experiencing some problems and so it might be difficult to access the article.
84 of the Best Free Linux Games
Sunday, June 15th, 2008LinuxLinks.com has a fairly substantial list of free games available for Linux. In a two part series they cover a total of 84 games that meet their requirements, which are:
- Free to play (no download charge, no monthly charge)
- Does not require Wine to run. Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows software.
- Not in the early stages of development
The games range from action titles such as Nexuiz and Warsow, to game engines such as Sauerbraten and ScummVM. Surely this is a list from which any Linux user can find a game they like, but if it isn’t you can also check out the list of the 42 best commercial games available on Linux.
Update: LinuxLinks seems to be experiencing some problems and so it might be difficult to access the articles. The first of the articles can be seen through a Coral CDN mirror, but I’ve had no luck with the other.