Filed under: Linux, Open Source
The Linux Equivalent Project
by Jordan Running Dec 5th 2006
Say you've just hopped on the bandwagon and installed Linux, only to find that you favorite program isn't cross-platform and doesn't run too well under WINE. Enter the Linux Equivalent Project. Though it sounds grandiose, it's really just a simple--but very handy--guide to Linux apps that are "equivalent" to popular Windows programs. I put equivalent in scare quotes because we all know that many Windows apps have no true Linux equivalent (and vice versa, for that matter), but a recommended alternative is better than nothing. So, want an Adobe Premier alternative? Try Kino or Cinelerra. FrontPage? Try Quanta Plus. You get the idea. If you're thinking of making the switch, keep this one in your bookmarks.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
