david_dark_heart
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I've just discovered an interesting free application called DJL:
http://en.djl-linux.org/?q=node/17
It is a program that shows a list of freeware games (as free beer) and free games (free as freedom) for Linux and let you select one of them. After that, the application downloads the game and install it automatically in a user directory ( /home/username/.djl ), this way you don't have any problem with system application and share libraries. Finally, you can execute or delete the game from inside the application with a single click and you can also chat with other online users.
The application is programmed in Python, so that shouldn't be a problem: "DJL requires a GNU / Linux distribution with the Python interpreter (version 2.5.x required) and the library PyQt (Python-Qt4) version 4.x". At this moment they only host x86 games, but they also want to host games compiled for 64bits and PPC architectures. I've asked in their forums if they would like also to host Pandora games or if we could create our own games repository only for Pandora users, but they haven't answered yet. If we can create our own repository easily, I think that every Pandora should have this application or another similar application pre-installed. It would be the easiest way to install a game if you have a the Pandora connected to Internet.
http://en.djl-linux.org/?q=node/17
It is a program that shows a list of freeware games (as free beer) and free games (free as freedom) for Linux and let you select one of them. After that, the application downloads the game and install it automatically in a user directory ( /home/username/.djl ), this way you don't have any problem with system application and share libraries. Finally, you can execute or delete the game from inside the application with a single click and you can also chat with other online users.
The application is programmed in Python, so that shouldn't be a problem: "DJL requires a GNU / Linux distribution with the Python interpreter (version 2.5.x required) and the library PyQt (Python-Qt4) version 4.x". At this moment they only host x86 games, but they also want to host games compiled for 64bits and PPC architectures. I've asked in their forums if they would like also to host Pandora games or if we could create our own games repository only for Pandora users, but they haven't answered yet. If we can create our own repository easily, I think that every Pandora should have this application or another similar application pre-installed. It would be the easiest way to install a game if you have a the Pandora connected to Internet.