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NewsForge: Open Source Software and Games
Feb 1, 2006, 10 :00 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (5806 reads)

(Other stories by Alessandro Giusti)

"Today, for many computing tasks, the open source ecosystem provides programs that equal or surpass what the proprietary Windows-based world offers. Gaming, however, is not among those areas, nor will it likely be anytime soon. But if we look further into this fascinating field, we find a number of positive developments.

"Open source games do exist, and the development scene is active and creative. You can get a taste of this by visiting sites devoted to Linux gaming, such as The Linux Game Tome, which highlights updated open source game projects every day. You can usually find a couple of announcements for new open source game projects every week..."

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Gaming,  however, is not among those     ...   Gamimg advocates=Morons   
Byran Lee
Feb 1, 2006, 23:49:32
 
I beg to differ with your assesment. Gam ...   Re: Gaming Advocates   
Robert T Childers
Feb 2, 2006, 04:45:56
 
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