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Free Software Magazine: A PDA Focused on Games and GNU/Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 2, 2006

[ Thanks to Dave Guard for this
link. ]

“Games under GNU/Linux have usually been a lacklustre affair.
For every Tux Racer, there are a hundred sub-standard Pac-man
clones you’d be embarrassed to advocate. For every commercial
version of Quake, there’s a hundred other worthy games the
publisher elected not to port to GNU/Linux. Without good games,
there’s no market, and without the market, no effort is spared. And
so the cycle continues. In this article, I will look at two of the
areas in which GNU/Linux games have succeeded, and a new device
that combines them both, which could help expose GNU/Linux to the
populous…”

Complete
Story

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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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