http://underpop.online.fr/n/nielshorn Random thoughts, tips & tricks about Slackware-Linux, Lego and Star Wars Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:02:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://underpop.online.fr/n/nielshorn/2011/08/new-slackware-package-for-freeciv227/ http://underpop.online.fr/n/nielshorn/2011/08/new-slackware-package-for-freeciv227/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:51:57 +0000 Niels Horn http://underpop.online.fr/n/nielshorn/?p=1096 2.2.7 was released recently and I updated my SlackBuild script for it.

The Freeciv 2.2.x series of releases are mainly bug fixes, while the development of new features continues in the upcoming 2.3.x branch – which is still in beta.

While the script is pending approval on , you can get pre-built packages from .

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It contains several improvements and bug fixes and also some updated translations.

A summary of all the changes can be found on the “” page.

As always, I submitted the new SlackBuild and uploaded the new versions for Slackware and Slackware64 to my .

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A fellow Slackware enthusiast wrote a man-page for this little game and found an “app-defaults” file on the internet, so that many settings in the game can now be customized.
I played a bit with the settings and now my spaceship is green, the Jovians are red and the stars are yellow. I never thought I would play a color version if this game! :)

Here is an example what the game looks like now on my computer:

I submitted a new SlackBuild for the package to SlackBuilds.org and uploaded new versions of the pre-built packages for i486, x86_64 and arm architectures to my .

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