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Second Life coming to Linux!!

Post by Tsuroerusu » Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:00 pm

A friend of mine just told me that he really likes this MMO games called Second Life, so I checked out Wikipedia's page on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life

And then I was stunned, look under "Platform(s)"
It freakin' says: Linux (alpha)

I had to check out the game's webpage to see if it was true that a Linux version was in development, and indeed it is: http://secondlife.com/community/linux-alpha.php

For an MMO game this really does make sense, because they make money off the monthly fee people pay to play the game, and the more people being able to play it, the more money they make.
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Post by CptnObvious999 » Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:23 pm

Yep, I believe Zack talked about it some on the last LAGER episode. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet though.
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Post by adam » Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:36 am

i tried it a couple months ago and it worked quite well. didnt care too much for it though since, 1) I'm not much of a gamer. 2)It's not much of a game, which makes me even less interested.
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Post by TankCatNinjaFish » Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:50 am

no sound for linux. combined with the fact that I had/have no idea what the game is about, i have to say my first try playing second life on linux was extremely eerie.
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Post by Tsuroerusu » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:03 am

TankCatNinjaFish wrote:no sound for linux. combined with the fact that I had/have no idea what the game is about, i have to say my first try playing second life on linux was extremely eerie.
But it some slack, it's still alpha! :P
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Re: Second Life coming to Linux!!

Post by Gomer_X » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:23 am

Tsuroerusu wrote:A friend of mine just told me that he really likes this MMO games called Second Life, so I checked out Wikipedia's page on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life

And then I was stunned, look under "Platform(s)"
It freakin' says: Linux (alpha)
Back in January when Cory Ondrejka of Linden Labs was on LUGRadio, he said there would definitely be a Linux port.

Personally my first life is busy enough that I don't need a second. :D
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Re: Second Life coming to Linux!!

Post by Tsuroerusu » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:57 am

Gomer_X wrote:Personally my first life is busy enough that I don't need a second. :D
Even if your second life were full of women and all the fun that goes along with that?

(The reason for this joke is there's a lot of naughty stuff in Second Life! ;) )
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