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Hate Linux? Bash penguins for distance - Time Waster


If you're in the mood for some in-browser shenanigans this afternoon and feeling a bit wound up, Bloody Pingu Throw may be just the thing to help you work out that excess stress. A little warning: there's more than a touch of cartoon violence and bloodshed ahead.

You control a Yeti wielding a spiked club the size of something a character from Final Fantasy would brandish. Click your mouse to stand ready, and a precariously perched penguin will swan-dive down to you.

Wait for it...wait for it...Now, click again to swing that club!

Make solid contact, and you'll drive the little bugger hundreds of feet, leaving a trail of blood of Pythonesque proportions. Misfire, and he'll either land at your feet or be instantly smashed to itty bitty Tux chunks.

Let's see who can put up the best distance - it's not like you actually want to be productive on a Friday afternoon anyway.

Thanks, @mantia! I think.

Filed under: Fun, Games, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Time-Wasters

Time Waster: SuperTuxKart: Mario Kart clone starring Tux the Penguin

SuperTuxKart is a cross-platform version of the popular Nintendo racing game Super Mario Kart, with a few key differences. Instead of Mario characters, it stars the beloved Linux mascot, Tux the Penguin, and some of his friends. The racing takes place on all-new tracks, either as a one-off race or a series. Up to 4 human players can join in, and up to 10 racers can be on the track at once, including computer drones.

SuperTuxKart is almost as fun as Mario Kart, but it has a couple of drawbacks. The multiplayer mode is a little tough to work out without a network play option, the splitscreen view and sharing of the keyboard reduces the fun-factor significantly. There are also some frustrating corners you can get stuck in on some of the tracks, and the game slows down a bit with all 10 racers in play. However, the plusses outweigh the minuses, and SuperTuxKart is actually a lot smoother and more visually appealing than playing Mario Kart on an emulator.

Filed under: Fun, OS Updates, Linux

Readers Sound Off: The best Linux distro ever

Linux TuxReaders, in your opinion, what is the very best Linux distro and why? I have heard everything from Ubuntu (though it isn't clear how you pronounce it) to Gentoo, Knoppix, Debian, Xandros, Linspire, and so on...You can see the dilemma. For anyone who isn't familiar with Linux, or someone just starting out with Linux, which distro is the best? The easiest to install? Easiest to use? Which comes with the most or best applications pre-bundled? Best for XP users who want to play with Linux? Best Live CD Linux? On this post, you get the last say. Depending on the response to this, I will post the results of this "poll" in a day or two with your top choices for Linux distro. So feel free, sound off, it's up to you! I'll be handing out stars to the top (most informative or creative) comments.

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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, ...

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