Linux games that are fun AND easy to install

A few months ago, I installed Ubuntu 6.06 on my brother's computer. He likes using Linux, and he has been able to do almost everything he wants to do on it. His latest request was to help him find some fun Linux games that were free. Not wanting to let him down, I searched around and found quite a few games to install for him. Below is a list of high-quality games that I would recommend to others. If you have other games you would like to share, please post them in a comment. I also suggest looking at these sites for more information about gaming on Ubuntu:

Ubuntu Games (in Spanish) includes pictures of the best Ubuntu games
Jdodson's list of Ubuntu games posted on the Ubuntu Forums
Ubuntu Gamers Arena
Ubuntu Game List

Before running any graphics-intensive games, you will probably need to install a better driver for your specific type of graphic card (ATI or Nvidia).

America's Army - (Ubuntu install)

True Combat Elite - Requires Enemy Terrritory - (Ubuntu install)

Flight Gear - (Ubuntu package)

Battle for Wesnoth - (Ubuntu Package)

UFO: Alien Invasion-

BOS: Battle of Survival - (Ubuntu Package)

Glest - (Ubuntu Install)

Planet Penguin Racer (aka TuxRacer) - (Ubuntu Package)

Frozen Bubble - (Ubuntu Package)

Lbreakout2 - (Ubuntu Package)

SuperTuxKart - (Ubuntu Package)

Pingus - (Ubuntu Package)

TuxKart - (Ubuntu Package)

Chromium - (Ubuntu package)

Have fun, and try not to forget that you are running open source software (for most of these games)!

Comments

  1. Anonymous9/28/2006 4:47 AM

    uh... did i miss bzflag someplace on there?

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  2. Tristan Rhodes9/28/2006 2:58 PM

    Tuxgirl,

    No, I didn't include bzflag because I didn't think it was that fun of a game. But each gamer likes different games, so bzflag might be worth looking into.

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