Mr. Polehn writes

    Taking a look at the ownCloud website ownCloud 3 is just hours away from release.  I recently posted a how to on setting up ownCloud 2 on Ubuntu Sever.  This project just keeps on rolling!     I'm really excited to see this project continue to develop so rapidly.  I think it is extremely important to have an open cloud storage solution.  Keep your data in your own hands!     It looks like I'm g oing to have to get to work on a how to for  installing  ownCloud 3 on Ubuntu server!

    Do you love mines but your current game of mines just isn't colorful enough?  Maybe you'd like it to be a bit more purple?  Oh have I got a game for you!       Purplemines  is a little minesweeper game that uses  pygame .  It is pretty much just classic minesweeper with some cool purple affects.     Sound like fun?  Can download the source here .  Like bitsnake just unzip and execute the game.   There is also a .deb available but it is an older version (1.4 the latest is 1.6) but it will probably be just fine.     This little game is pretty fun in my opinion.  And hey why not have yet another minesweeper game? 

    Who doesn't love a classic game of snake?  No one?  That is what I thought!     Bitsnake is just that a classic snake game written in Python.  A snake game written in a language named after a snake you say!  Well actually it's named after the British comedy troupe, but still...     You know snake right.  They game where your goal is to eat "apples" and try not to run into the wall or yourself.  Simple, classic big fat time killer. Get it!     You can download the game here .  Just unrar and play.  Here is a quick how to for you terminal junkies... First make sure that you have the correct dependencies. $ sudo apt-get install python-pygame Download the rar file. $ wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitsnake/files/bitSnake_source.rar Extract that rar. $ unrar x bitSnake_source.rar Play the game!  $ cd bitSnake/ && python bitSnake.py

    Loved blasting Nazis in  Wolfenstein?  Hacking apart demons or whatever in Doom?  Just plain get nostalgic for running around inside a pseudo-3d environment, gunning down your enemies?  Me too!        Retro Blazer is a truly retro FPS based on the Darkplaces game engine .  Missed using arrow keys?  They got you covered.  Retro Blazer just released a demo/alpha test for all us FPS lovers to download and play.  It's a lot of fun and so far the alpha release seems very stable.  Don't worry about  the game crashing to much.       To play Retro Blazer on Ubuntu simply download it , unzip and execute the proper binary (probably  darkplaces-linux-x86_64-sdl and  ignore all those .exe files...).  The game is also available on Windows and OS X. Get it!     If you are a terminal junky  here is a quick how to.  First download the zip file. $  wget http://www.retroblazer.com/RB010912.zip     Unzip that bad boy. $   unzip RB010912.zip     Clean stuff up...  (

    Yesterday Wesnoth announced the first release candidate for version 1.10-rc1.  This is a good sign that 1.10 will soon be the stable branch of The Battle for Wesnoth.      One of the biggest changes from 1.8 is something called whiteboard.  Whiteboard is a system to help players plan their next moves.  It also will help allies in multiplayer games stratagize together.     There are many other minor updates to campaigns and to the over all look of the game.  More animation on the game map so that the world doesn't look quite so lifeless.  There is also the addition of a whole new campaign.       You might not miss out on much if you don't try out Wesnoth 1.10 before it's official release but the development branch hitting release candidate makes it pretty appealing.  For now if you want to play 1.10-rc1 on Ubuntu you will need to compile from the source code .       Wesnoth is a lot of fun and I am excited to see the project continue to improve.

    0 AD is one of the games I am most excited about.  It is a real time stratagy game set (you guessed it) around 0 AD.  It features several civilizations Greeks, Romans, etc. and with the alpha 8 release they just added the Persians.  Along with the Persians comes the ability to save single player games, which in my opinion  is a must for even giving a game a try.     I loved playing real time strategy games for a long time.  Starting with  Red Alert and Age of Empires I had just about every RTS I could get my hands on while I was growing up.  Eventually however these games started to wear on me.  Every one seemed the same.  Sure there is a pretty big difference between Age of Mythology, Empire Earth and Star Craft.  But is there really?  You have some kind of citizen units.  They build things and collect resources.  You have military units.  They kill and destroy whatever you tell them to.  Same old game different look and maybe better graphics.     0 AD promises to