Graphical and text-based e-mail clients include Evolution, Mozilla Mail, and KMail. Thunderbird
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There are literally hundreds of games that run in Linux. Freely distributed
games include popular card games, board games, strategy
games, and first-person shooter (FPS) games. The list of commercial
games that will run in Linux has also grown steadily in recent years.
These days, many native Linux games are also network-enabled. You can
battle tanks (BZFlag), create civilizations (freeciv), or play standard board
games (gnuchess) against others on the Internet. In most cases, both the
clients (playing the games) and the game servers (managing dozens or hundreds
of players) will all run natively in Linux.
This chapter provides an overview of the state of Linux gaming today. It
describes games that were created specifically to run in Linux, and explains
how to find commercial games that run in Linux (either with a Linux version
or running a Windows version along with Windows compatibility software,
such as Cedega).
Overview of Linux Gaming
Linux is a wonderful platform for both running and, perhaps more especially,
developing computer games. Casual gamers have no shortage of fun games
to try.
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