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Native Linux Games on Self Made Arcade Machine Running Ubuntu

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Ubuntu Vibes; By Nitesh
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It is always a delight to see native Linux games running on different types of machines/ hardware. Last week I stumbled on this article by Pat Regan showing native Linux games from latest Humble Indie Bundle running on a self made Arcade Cabinet. The machine sports a 24 inch LCD Monitor, an Athlon X2 3800+ with 1 GB of RAM, a 320 GB SATA disk, an I-PAC 4 board and a 64MB NVIDIA 6200 LE PCIe video card. The system runs 32 bit Ubuntu 10.10. Many native Linux games are playable on this machine including VVVVVV, Gish, Cave Story, Voxatron and Blocks That Matter.

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