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== Games == == News Sites ==
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 . '''[[http://www.happypenguin.org/|The Linux Game Tome]]'''
  . Probably the most relevant blog to follow. It's very up to date and updated quite often. It reports new games for Linux, new versions of games or information on software that might be relevant to games, like new versions of libraries and drivers. It covers Linux Games in general, not only Free Games.
 . '''[[http://www.gamingonlinux.com/|Gaming On Linux]]'''
  . Linux gaming site covering Free and non-free linux games.
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 .'''[[http://www.lgdb.org/|Linux Game Database]]'''
  . Database for native Linux games, with Debian package information.
 . '''[[http://www.allegro.cc/|Allegro Game Developing Community Network]]'''
  . Resources on games using the allegro library, some working on Linux, some being Free.
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 . '''[[http://www.openal.org/titles.html|Games using OpenAL]]'''
  . Games using the OpenAL library.
 . '''[[http://www.lwjgl.org/projects.php|Projects using Lightweight Java Game Library]]'''
  . Games using the Lightweight Java Game Library.
 . '''[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games|Ubuntu Community Games Page]]'''
  . Games list and other resources maintained by the Ubuntu community.
 . '''[[http://www.playdeb.net/|playdeb.net]]'''
  . Games packaged by the playdeb.net team.
 . '''[[http://www.ogre3d.org/wiki/index.php/Projects_using_OGRE|Games/Projects using Ogre]]'''
  . Wiki page of games and other projects that use the Ogre engine.
 . '''[[http://www.crystalspace3d.org/main/Projects_Using_CS|Projects using Crystal Space]]'''
  . A list of projects that use Crystal Space.
 . '''[[http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/screenshots-projects.html|Projects using Irrlicht]]'''
  . Screenshots of games and other projects that use the Irrlicht engine.
 . '''[[http://www.libsdl.org/games.php|Games using SDL]]'''
  . A list of games that use SDL (Simple !DirectMedia Layer).
 . '''[[http://icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php|Linux Gamers' Game List]]'''
  . A listing of games that run on Linux, hosted at icculus.org.
 . '''[[http://www.rootgamer.com/|Root Gamer]]'''
  . Yet another news site on linux games. Remember folks, gaming as root isn't a good idea.
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 . '''http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming'''
  . Linux gaming community on reddit.

== Game Directories ==
 .'''[[http://www.lgdb.org/|Linux Game Database]]'''
  . Database for native Linux games, with Debian package information.
 . '''[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games|Ubuntu Community Games Page]]'''
  . Games list and other resources maintained by the Ubuntu community.
 . '''[[http://icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php|Linux Gamers' Game List]]'''
  . A listing of games that run on Linux, hosted at icculus.org.
 . '''[[http://www.playdeb.net/|playdeb.net]]'''
  . Games packaged by the playdeb.net team.
 
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== Game Development Communities ==
 . '''[[http://www.allegro.cc/|Allegro Game Developing Community Network]]'''
  . Resources on games using the allegro library, some working on Linux, some being Free.
 . '''[[http://www.openal.org/titles.html|Games using OpenAL]]'''
  . Games using the OpenAL library.
 . '''[[http://www.lwjgl.org/projects.php|Projects using Lightweight Java Game Library]]'''
  . Games using the Lightweight Java Game Library.
 . '''[[http://www.ogre3d.org/wiki/index.php/Projects_using_OGRE|Games/Projects using Ogre]]'''
  . Wiki page of games and other projects that use the Ogre engine.
 . '''[[http://www.crystalspace3d.org/main/Projects_Using_CS|Projects using Crystal Space]]'''
  . A list of projects that use Crystal Space.
 . '''[[http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/screenshots-projects.html|Projects using Irrlicht]]'''
  . Screenshots of games and other projects that use the Irrlicht engine.
 . '''[[http://www.libsdl.org/games.php|Games using SDL]]'''
  . A list of games that use SDL (Simple !DirectMedia Layer).
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 . '''SFML'''
 . [[http://www.sfml-dev.org]]
  . Cross platform multimedia library. Similar to SDL but C++ focussed. Bindings are also available for many other languages.

Here are links to various resources which could potentially help in making Debian a better distribution for gaming.

News Sites

Game Directories

Game Development Communities

Game Engines / Libraries

"Sister" Projects

Reverse engineering

Other languages