5 unusual games for Linux | Linux Today

5 unusual games for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 22, 2010

[ Thanks to linuxaria for this link.
]

“We often hear that there are no games on Linux, or
that are much worse than their counterparts for windows, so today I
want to show some unusual games that run perfectly on our favorite
operating system.

“Caph

“Caph is a sandbox game, based on physics. The game target is to
make contact red object with green object. You can use various
objects, solid, wire (rope), and bendable objects. Gravitation will
help you.

“Caph available as C source code, and can be compiled on any
suitable GNU/Linux distribution.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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