[mdlug] Darwinia game at Big Lots for $4

[Ingles, Raymond]

This weekend I saw the Windows version of the game Darwinia on sale at our local
Big Lots store for $4. The game has a native Linux executable for download, and runs
wonderfully in Linux. It's an interesting game, and isn't like the usual stuff. It
also has a unique look, simple but pleasing graphics. For that price, I think it's
well worth picking up. I got it for full price when it came out and I don't feel
cheated. As a bonus, it doesn't take up GB of space on disk; the environments are
fractal and the data files small.

 The Linux install is here: http://www.darwinia.co.uk/support/linux.html

 ...but here are a couple minor complications. First, this particular version
doesn't install cleanly; the distributor didn't package it the way the authors
intended. So you need a workaround:

 http://forums.introversion.co.uk/darwinia/viewtopic.php?t=3417&sid=1f9b8b36e8711f1384f5dbb0dff6a479

 Also, on my Ubuntu 7.06 system one of the shared libraries it comes with doesn't
play nice with the rest of the system, but I just renamed the file and the version
that came with Ubuntu works just fine. Can't remember which library offhand but
there's only about four, and if you get this problem the error message will include
the library name in it.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                (313) 227-2317

   "History never repeats itself, but it often rhymes." 
                    - Mark Twain
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