“Linux is serious. Think of all those programmers slaving away
over a hot keyboard, all the open-source advocates preaching the
virtues of a non-closed source world. There are people like me,
writing regular columns on something I deeply believe in and there
are the people who run the hundreds of Linux on the Internet. It’s
a very serious business. But sometimes, just sometimes, the
penguin, mascot of Linux, just needs to kick back, chill out and
have some fun.”
“Of course, it has to be Linux-based fun. Today, let’s look at
some fun things to do with your computer when you feel the urge to
do something completely frivolous.”
“One popular myth about Linux is there aren’t any games.
This is complete nonsense. There are some fantastic games. The
first I should mention is Freeciv. This is a completely free game
loosely based on popular Civilization and Civ II titles. The reason
for abbreviated names is a copyright dispute (I won’t bore you with
the details). You can play against the computer, or find some
friends on the network at work, or over the Internet, where you can
take on real people for domination of the world. It’s truly
fantastic game.”