Educational Games

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The following are excerpts from a thread titled "Educational Software, the
sequel".

On Sat, 07 Feb 1998 10:42:01 -0800, in (http://www.ssc.com/mailing-
lists/linux-list/9802/0126.html), Bradley J. Willson wrote:

>After a week of contacting MS-oriented education software producers and
>searching CD's and the web, I've come to the conclusion that education
>software for Linux is one area that needs more software. I kept to a
>simple criteria; the programs has to run native in X-Windows and has to
>provide some form of mental stimulation, whether it's reading,
>mathematics, or strategy. Here's a list of results;
>
>	xscrabble
>	xpaint
>	Matlab(tm)
>	yahtzee
>	deal
>	faces
>	morse
>	nolan diamond chart
>	lincity
>	mastermind
>	civ
>	chess
>	Microstation95(tm)
>	xmahjongg
>
>Most are games with some degree of educational value. Overall there are
>very few choices available. 

On Sat, 7 Feb 1998 20:59:35 -0800, in (http://www.ssc.com/mailing-lists/linux-
list/9802/0138.html), Dan Wilder wrote:

>Dunno about xscrabble, the xmahjongg came with the x games package
>on my Red Hat.  The kids love it.  

>For a small number of really cool games (well, I like them), check
>out the games that come with KDE.  Check out:

>-- kmahjongg, that knows tower, triangle, and pyramid, as well
>   as classic versions of the game,
>-- kreversi where the little stones flip over a couple
>   of times when you pick them,
>-- ktetris, a prettier version of xtetris,
>-- ksnake I don't even come close to being fast enough
>   to score any points, 
>-- kasteroids, a great favorite with
>   my son.

>With KDE Beta 3 there are probably a few more the kids might like.

>KDE comes stock on S.u.S.E., or look in 

>  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/

On Sat, 07 Feb 1998 23:21:01 -0500, in (http://www.ssc.com/mailing-
lists/linux-list/9802/0136.html), Ben Bullock wrote:

>Both are available in RPM format at:

>   http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/contrib/i386/

>If you don't want RPM's you can probably shop around at sunsite and find
>the sources.

On Sun, 8 Feb 1998 16:18:56 -0800, in (http://www.ssc.com/mailing-lists/linux-
list/9802/0145.html), Jim Smith wrote:

>Got both Xscrabble and Xmahjongg fron ftp.redhat.com

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