Post by mikkh on Aug 21, 2024 21:52:48 GMT
I'm not talking about commercial games like Fortnite, or ones you access through a Steam account. I mean free open source games that are basically a few clicks away in most Linux distributions.
You don't go searching the internet for new software in Linux (although it is an option for some things) You use the inbuilt package manager to pick programs you want to install which guarantees their suitability to work with your system and that they are safe and malware/virus free. It's a good system but can be confusing to Windows people.
In my current system (MX Linux) I have 65,000 possible downloads (with 2000 currently installed) That doesn't mean I have 2000 programs installed or that there's 63,000 others I haven't seen yet. I probably have less than 50 actual programs (including the 30+ it already came with, it just means the associated files/libraries/drivers needed for each one.
In the package manager, the thousands of files are split into different categories to make finding things easier and lurking in the games section(s) there are hundreds of games to have a look through.
Now obviously there's a lot of second rate stuff in there or games with limited appeal for a lot of people, but there are dozens of genuinely good games that are worth a look at.
There's a quite a few commercial quality games in there too and if you enjoy retro gaming there's a lot of choice there as well.
For casual gamers a veritable treasure trove of things to explore.
You don't go searching the internet for new software in Linux (although it is an option for some things) You use the inbuilt package manager to pick programs you want to install which guarantees their suitability to work with your system and that they are safe and malware/virus free. It's a good system but can be confusing to Windows people.
In my current system (MX Linux) I have 65,000 possible downloads (with 2000 currently installed) That doesn't mean I have 2000 programs installed or that there's 63,000 others I haven't seen yet. I probably have less than 50 actual programs (including the 30+ it already came with, it just means the associated files/libraries/drivers needed for each one.
In the package manager, the thousands of files are split into different categories to make finding things easier and lurking in the games section(s) there are hundreds of games to have a look through.
Now obviously there's a lot of second rate stuff in there or games with limited appeal for a lot of people, but there are dozens of genuinely good games that are worth a look at.
There's a quite a few commercial quality games in there too and if you enjoy retro gaming there's a lot of choice there as well.
For casual gamers a veritable treasure trove of things to explore.
