Comments on: Fewer Games To Be Included In Ubuntu Lucid Lynx

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:31:00 +0000

I’m glad to see that the developers are making some room in an intelligent manner now.

Bitter about GIMP? ME? Nah.

By: ahmed kotb

ahmed kotb — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:34:00 +0000

DONT REMOVE MINES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:24:00 +0000

It probably still gets rid of the gnome-games package, but just doesn’t tell you (or maybe it knows that this won’t affect any other software it knows/cares about).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:00 +0000

I think if you use the Ubuntu Software Center you can add and remove single gnome games without affecting the others.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

It won’t.

I just tried to uninstall Mines, and it wanted to remove the gnome-games package. This is a metapackage. It contains nothing, it merely depends on all the packages that provide the default suite of games. I actually removed that package, and everything’s still there.

Metapackages are used to make it easier to get a large collection of software. If you install the kubuntu-desktop package, for instance, you will get the entire KDE desktop, with all the bits Kubuntu throws in, as well as their splash theme and KDM (debconf will ask you which to use). The metapackage depends on all these bits, but the actual functional packages do not. They will remain if you remove any of the smaller bits and take out kubuntu-desktop.

By: irie

irie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

I don’t like the fact that if I try to remove 1 game, Synaptic will uninstall the entire desktop. I don’t play the games. Give me an option.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:24:00 +0000

Nooo! Mines!

By: Mohan

Mohan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Yeah I know, it’s time to leave those behind and embrace newer, nicer looking ones.

By: Stefano F. (tacone)

Stefano F. (tacone) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:48:00 +0000

There’s no point in taking cheap games and make them communicate over telepathy just for the sake of it.

If they need multiplayer games they should chooose existing ones. Teeworlds is a good example.

By: Daniel de Souza Telles

Daniel de Souza Telles — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:39:00 +0000

Quantz and lbreakout are my favorites. A clone of bomberman will be great.

By: daas88

daas88 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:13:00 +0000

I’ve always thought the same. I think the only thing i hate about gnome is the feet everywhere xD

By: tibike

tibike — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:57:00 +0000

interesting. mahjongg is my favorite

By: Mine sweeper

Mine sweeper — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:29:00 +0000

Don’t remove mines!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:24:00 +0000

Definitively agree on splitting the games package

By: itbcn8

itbcn8 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:05:00 +0000

I think some of the Gnome games look ugly… Noone wants to play hearts or other card games with feet on the back… Make them sexyer games! Humanity style :)

By: Gorlock

Gorlock — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:53:00 +0000

WTF? Mines is my favorite game on the default Ubuntu games menu.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Definitely keep Gnometris in for Lucid.

By: Peterson EspaÃ§oporto

Peterson EspaÃ§oporto — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:46:00 +0000

I loved the idea of splitting gnome-games into single games. It was indeed very frustrating to have all of them installed.

And, well, such a shame I’ll have to install mines on my own =/ I love it.

By: Wouter

Wouter — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:07:00 +0000

I would like to see PyChess replacing the currently included chess game (glchess). It already includes solid multiplayer support. Integrating telepathy would probably be achievable within the Lucid cycle.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:25:00 +0000

I’d like them to leave Sudoku, Tetris, Mahjongg, Same Gnome and Solitaire. And they may add Gweled (Bejeweled-like game) and Monkey Bubble (same as Frozen Bubble, usess much less space).