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November 26th, 2010, 14:53 GMT · By

Ultimate Edition Gamers 2.8 Includes Linux Games for All Ages

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Announced by TheeMahn on November 25th, Ultimate Edition Gamers 2.8, a popular Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, brings to Linux users lots of pre-added games in a 4GB, downloadable DVD ISO image. Being built off Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) by hand, Ultimate Edition Gamers 2.8 is definitely one of the most awaited and fun Linux operating systems.

"Happy Thanksgiving. Please be forewarned at time of posting Ultimate Edition 2.8 Gamers it is not fully mirrored so expect slower download speeds. Typically it takes 5 hrs or more to mirror across all 31 servers & sorry for the redundant screenshots." - said TheeMahn in the official release announcement.

Without further ado, here is the complete list of games that are pre-installed in the new Ultimate Edition Gamers 2.8 operating system:

· Armagetronad;
· Gunroar;
· Kobo deluxe;
· Hedgewars;
· Pingus;
· Urbanterror;
· Bzflag;
· Gridwars 2;
· Chromium-bsu;
· Criticalmass;
· Assaultcube;
· Defendguin;
· Kapman;
· Frozen-bubble;
· Kblocks;
· Fretsonfire;
· Gtkboard games (32 board games);
· Vgacard games (4 card games);
· Warzone 2100;
· Barrage;
· Glest;
· Scorched3d;
· Enemy-territory;
· Boswars;
· Orbital-eunuchs-sniper;
· Performous;
· Warsow.

The newest version of PlayOnLinux is also included in Ultimate Edition Gamers 2.8, in order to allow installation of Microsoft Windows-based games and applications.

"You can only fit so much on a DVD and some games are huge, we understand this. A new repository filled to the hilt with games has also been pre-added to allow the end user to install additional games if so desired. Many of these games are unavailable in Ubuntu’s repository. Ultamatix, is also available with 48 games at your disposal." - was stated in the announcement.

Besides the above-mentioned games, the Ultimate Edition Gamers 2.8 operating system also includes many useful applications and desktop environments, such as KDE SC, GNOME or XFCE.

About Ultimate Edition

Created by TheeMahn, Ultimate Edition is a Linux distribution based on the popular Ubuntu operating system. It contains a lot of pre-added applications. Ultimate Edition was previously known as Ubuntu Ultimate. The Ultimate Edition Gamers includes all the applications from the Ultimate Edition and lots of games, for all you players out there!

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