Archive for the ‘games’ Category

Some Free Games For Linux

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

A round-up of fun Linux diversions. When people talk about computer gaming these days, they invariably mean commercial games running on a Windows platform. Few people realize that Linux can be more than just a very good Web or file server. Even fewer people are aware of the many open-source or ...

UT3 Beta Server for Linux

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

While the UT3 Demo for Windows is available sine a few days, the linux client is not yet ready. Nevertheless a beta version of the linux server is now available as icculus (Ryan C. Gordon) states in his blog. The blog also includes the link to a mailing-list entry with ...

John Carmack not as interested in Linux (and OpenGL?)

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

A german publication has posted an interview with Todd Hollenshead, id Software's CEO, that reveals id Software and John Carmack are no longer as committed to Linux as they have been. Todd's words also imply that the Windows version of id Software's next game, Rage, will use Direct3D rather than OpenGL. Id ...