Re: OT: America's Army
Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> writes:
> For all you Linux gamers out there, The United States Army announced
> Version 1.7.0 of America's Army, introducing Linux support for the
> first time.
>
> You can download it here:
> ftp://ftp.stenstad.net/mirrors/icculus.org/armyops-lnx-170.sh.bin
> http://ftp.eongames.com/icculus.org/armyops/armyops-lnx-170.sh.bin
> http://www.3ddownloads.com/linuxgames/americas_army/armyops-lnx-170.sh.bin
> http://guinness.devrandom.net/~primus/armyops-lnx-170.sh.bin
> http://treke.net/downloads/armyops-lnx-170.sh.bin
> http://www.sh.nu/download/armyops-lnx-170.sh.bin
>
> Official website: http://www.americasarmy.com/
>
> True to the DoD's recent affinity for Linux, and having tried the game
> already on my roommate's Windows box, I can safely say the Linux
> version is *much* more stable and less choppy running than the Windows
> version. Truely a win from an unexpected source for the Linux gamer.
Is this Free Software? It doesn't seem to be. It's nice that the US
army is willing to release violent propaganda for "Linux" systems, but
if it's not Free Software then I don't see how this is any better than
running quake3 or unreal tournament.
Just my opinion,
Bijan
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