Native Gaming with Playdeb

[d0b33]

Would be nice to have this mirrored locally....

PlayDeb is an unofficial project with the mission to provide the latest open source and freeware games for the current Ubuntu Linux release, in an easy to install manner.

The PlayDeb repository extends the official repositories by providing latest versions and new games. Unlike the official packages, PlayDeb packages do not have a predefined release schedule - new game versions are provided as they become available from their authors.

There is a short and limited testing phase instead of a full testing cycle to ensure packaging quality, however it is less strict than Ubuntu's official requirements. You may also be interested on the Ubuntu Backports project. It has a limited scope compared to PlayDeb but the advantage of being an Ubuntu official project.

There is no "company" behind this project - it is managed, maintained, developed and supported by a volunteer group and by the users themselves.

Your help is needed and appreciated.

http://www.playdeb.net/updates/

List of more games here..
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games

 

[Mercurious]

Something to check out when I get home. Looks cool. Maybe should be added to the gaming http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=117235 thread

 

[Mars]

NICE! I'm gonna have a look at that tonight..

 

[hawker]

Yea, it does look quite cool

 

[nic777]

Awesome. Looks like the same guys behind www.getdeb.net which is another great site for apps

 

[d0b33]

Pity that the games require international, that's a few gigs worth of downloading

We need a mirror...

Mirrors

Providing a mirror is also an excelent way to support the project, we have high traffic and some large packages. If you can afford it please do not hesitate to use the contact link.

The following entities are currently supporting us with mirrors:

* http://www.akl.lt/ - Open Source for Lithuania
* http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt - Portuguese open source software mirror
* http://www.diotto.net/ - Diotto.Net
* Dotsrc.org - Open Source Hosting
* ENDPOINT.NU
* http://www.fastbull.org - Fastbull Association
* pebosi.net - German mirror
* http://www.heanet.ie/ - HEAnet Limited, Ireland's Education and Research Network
* http://labby.co.uk/ - LabRat's mirror
* http://neacm.fe.up.pt/ - Núcleo Estudantil da ACM
* http://www.internap.com/ - Internap Network Services Corporation
* http://www.sofrench.net/ - SoFrench.net
* http://www.tuxli.ch/- Tuxli.ch

http://www.playdeb.net/sponsors/

 

[d0b33]

Ok so I requestd a playdeb mirror here...
http://gaming.do.co.za/contacts

hopefully if we have enough requests doGaming will deliver? a long shot I know....