Hi Aiden, Actually, there is a lot more accessible games out there for Linux than you probably think. It is true that you aren't going to find something like GMA Tank commander, Shades of Doom, or Topspeed, but there are games that you can play in Linux. For example, using the text based telnet client that ships with Linux you can successfully play all of the same muds we enjoy under Windows. if you want to play something like alter Aeon just point telnet to dentinmud.org port 3000 and you are ready to play Alter Aeon. There are also Linux based ZMachine Interpreters such as frotz for Linux that allows you to play all of the Inform text based games. So that in of itself gives you several games to play in Linux. If you use Mozilla Firefox 3.0 for Linux web based games such as Sryth are playable with Orca. Since I spend a lot of time in the world of Sryth it is a game I can spend a lot of time on playing using my Linux desktop PC. I've heard that the latest versions of SoundRTS are Linux compatible, but haven't tried it for myself yet. If so that is another game that is pretty good, and is available for Linux gamers. In addition to games there are some programs in Linux that are actually more accessible than their Windows counterparts. There is this software I use for watching dvd movies called Totem Movie Player. Once you install all the media plugins it is actually a lot better than Windows Media Player. One of the reasons I like Totem Movie Player so well is it actually gives you accessible menus when selecting DVD content such as selecting chapters, commentary, and some of the features of the DVD that is difficult to get even with Windows media Player. another reason I like Totem is there is media plugins and codecs for just about any file format you want to play such as: wav, mp3, ogg, wma,, avi, mov, mpg, etc. So listening to podcasts, music, or watching movies is all doable under Linux. Bottom line, Linux has become quite user friendly over the last couple of years, and there is more content out there for us then most people believe. I actually use the latest version of Open Office for my home business instead of Microsoft Office 2007 for two reasons. It is less expensive, and does just about everything MS Office 2007 can do.
aiden gardiner wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > That'd be ausum. i've always wanted to know what the benifits of using linux > over windows would be, and I know there are very few if any accessible games > which run under it, but it'd still be a good read. if you do get round to > doing it, i'd like to be a reviewer if possible. > > Aiden --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
