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Microsoft & Ubuntu working together to bring you Bash & the Ubuntu userland on Windows 10. Is this the ultimate Win for Linux? Or is this Embrace, Extend, Extinguish at its finest? We share our thoughts on this historic announcement.

Plus Red Hat wants to save you some money, TP-Link bans OSS firmwares, Edubuntu calls it quits, our new favorite note taking app for Linux & more!

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Ubuntu Userland on Windows 10

Ubuntu on Windows — The Ubuntu Userspace for Windows Developers

Here’s let’s break it down slowly…

Windows 10 users

Can open the Windows Start menu

And type “bash” [enter]

Which opens a cmd.exe console

Running Ubuntu’s /bin/bash

With full access to all of Ubuntu user space

Yes, that means apt, ssh, rsync, find, grep, awk, sed, sort, xargs, md5sum, gpg, curl, wget, apache, mysql, python, perl, ruby, php, gcc, tar, vim, emacs, diff, patch…

And most of the tens of thousands binary packages available in the Ubuntu archives!“So maybe something like a Linux emulator?”

Now you’re getting warmer! A team of sharp developers at Microsoft has been hard at work adapting some Microsoft research technology to basically perform real time translation of Linux syscalls into Windows OS syscalls. Linux geeks can think of it sort of the inverse of “wine” — Ubuntu binaries running natively in Windows. Microsoft calls it their “Windows Subsystem for Linux”. (No, it’s not open source at this time.)

So as part of the engineering work, I needed to wrap the stock Ubuntu root filesystem into a Windows application package (.appx) file for suitable upload to the Windows Store. That required me to use Microsoft Visual Studio to clone a sample application, edit a few dozen XML files, create a bunch of icon .png’s of various sizes, and so on.

Mono Relicensed MIT

At Microsoft Build today, we announced that we are re-releasing Mono under the MIT license and have contributed it to the .NET Foundation. These are major news for Mono developers and contributors, and I am incredibly excited about the opportunities that this will create for the Mono project, and for other projects that will be able to benefit from this.

Red Hat Hyping .NET Support

Get a behind the scenes sneak peek of .NET on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

There is a lot of Microsoft on Linux and LAS sub-reddit these days

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Desktop App Pick

Simplenote

Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and the web.

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A Simplenote React client packaged in Electron. Learn more about Simplenote at Simplenote.com.

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ZenyPass

Passwords are the keys to our online life, but they are painful to manage securely. We’ve all been told each account should be secured with a strong unique password, but we often fallback for the easy solution: a handful of simple memorizable passwords.

We want to make it even easier to do it right. We want to bring an end to password pain with a simple solution affordable to all: ZenyPass. Help us bridge the last mile by supporting our Kickstarter campaign. Offers start as low as 15€ per unlimited license: no recurring fees, no limitations, on all your devices.

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Today, Red Hat announced the availability of a no-cost Red Hat Enterprise Linux developer subscription, available as part of the Red Hat Developer Program. Offered as a self-supported, development-only subscription, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite provides you with a more stable development platform for building enterprise applications — across cloud, physical, virtual, and container-centric infrastructures. Red Hat SVP Craig Muzilla added some good points in his blog, too.

The future is through software developers: Red Hat is the key | Red Hat

So, why did we do this? As DevOps processes and agile software methods become the primary means for creating software, it is critical that software developers have access to the same environments and tools during their development phases as they will use when they push out their software into production. Especially as they build applications for cloud environments. And we expect Linux to be key to future success.

Download Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite

To download Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite, which includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 server, a collection of development tools, and much more, you must have an account and need to accept the terms and conditions of the Red Hat Developer Program which provides $0 subscriptions for development use only. Read more about the Red Hat Developers Program.

Router Company Lazily Blocks Open Source Router Firmware, Still Pretends To Value ‘Creativity’

“The FCC requires all manufacturers to prevent user from having any direct ability to change RF parameters (frequency limits, output power, country codes, etc.) In order to keep our products compliant with these implemented regulations, TP-LINK is distributing devices that feature country-specific firmware. Devices sold in the United States will have firmware and wireless settings that ensure compliance with local laws and regulations related to transmission power.”

Edubuntu calling it quits

Edubuntu 16.04 and beyond

I’m announcing today that Edubuntu will NOT be releasing a
16.04 LTS version. Instead, Jonathan and I will focus on ongoing support
of Edubuntu 14.04 LTS until it goes EOL in April 2019.

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DebianEdu

DebianEdu/Skolelinux is an operating system intended for educational use and a Debian Pure Blend . As skole [skuːlə] is the Norwegian word for school, Skolelinux’s literal translation is “school linux”. It has been created as an overall free software computer solution designed to fit on school’s resources and needs and is currently being internationally developed by a large international and growing community.
It is an advanced network solution that provides a terminal server environment suitable to most educational scenarios and it comes with most of its services pre-configured out-of-the-box. It allows both a technical and non-technical installation process depending on the user needs and expertise and highly simplifies middle to large system deployments and configurations.

ubermix Home

The ubermix is an all-free, specially built, Linux-based operating system designed from the ground up with the needs of education in mind. Built by educators with an eye towards student and teacher empowerment, ubermix takes all the complexity out of student devices by making them as reliable and easy-to-use as a cell phone, without sacrificing the power and capabilities of a full operating system. With a turn-key, 5 minute installation, 20 second quick recovery mechanism, and more than 60 free applications pre-installed, ubermix turns whatever hardware you have into a powerful device for learning. Learn more…

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The Emulation Game | LAS 365

chris — Sun, 17 May 2015 17:54:10 +0000

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We showcase the best in emulated gameplay experiences under Linux. A topic that sometimes is shrouded in shame is actually one of Linux’s strongest suits. Backed by an historical announcement this week, if you had any doubts, today’s episode will change your mind!

Plus Oculus abandons their Linux backers & we’ll explain why this short-sighted move might be a good thing, the next big Ubuntu phone ships & more!

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Game Emulators for GNU/Linux

Linux supports a variety of game emulators that allow users to play games that were originally intended for hardware like the Gameboy, arcade games, Atari, and many others. The emulators are relatively easy to setup as readers will see.

MAME is going open source to be a ‘learning tool for developers’

The folks who maintain MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) are aiming to make the project completely open source in order to expand both its pool of supporters and its utility to developers and historians.

This is notable because MAME is seen to be the premier emulator for arcade games, and the volunteers who maintain it have done laudable work to preserve artifacts of the game industry in a playable state.

MAME’s source code has long been freely available, but it’s never technically been open source. Instead it’s been available under a modified BSID license that prohibits, among other things, commercial use of the code.

Meet Lakka, a Linux OS That Turns Any PC into a Retro Game Console – Softpedia

According to the Lakka’s official website, it is a lightweight distribution of GNU/Linux that was designed to transform any computer into a full-blown retro game console. Lakka is derived from the well-known OpenELEC operating system.

Being built on top of the well-known RetroArch retro game emulator tool, the Lakka Linux distribution is capable of emulating a wide variety of hardware. Additionally, it includes attractive features like video streaming, joypad hotplug, and Braid-like rewinding.

Lakka – The DIY retro emulation console

Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown game console.

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Mupen64 Nintendo 64 Emulator

Mupen64 is a cross-platform plugin-based N64 emulator which is capable of accurately playing many games. Included are four MIPS R4300 CPU emulators, with dynamic recompilers for 32-bit x86 and 64-bit amd64 systems, and necessary plugins for audio, graphical rendering (RDP), signal co-processor (RSP), and input. There is 1 included OpenGL video plugin, called RiceVideo. There are 3 other excellent video plugins being maintained by wahrhaft, called Arachnoid, Glide64, and Z64.

Free and legal ROMs

archive.org has a DMCA preservation exemption that LEGALLY allows download of 42gb of MAME ROMs

Lutris

Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux. It allows you
to gather and manage (install, configure and launch) all your games
acquired from any source, in a single interface.

Lutris’ main window

Features

Manage your Linux games, Windows games, emulated console games and
browser games
Launch your Steam and Desura games
Community-written installers to ease up your games’ installation
More that 20 emulators installed automatically or in a single
click, providing support for most gaming systems from the late 70’s to
the present day.
Download and play libre and freeware games

There’s a lot more to come, here are some of the planned
features that you can expect in future versions:

Humble Bundle and GOG support
Mass import of emulator ROMs using the TOSEC database
Game saves management
Archive your installation files on external or network drives for a
fully automatic installation procedure
Joystick configuration GUI with keyboard mapping features
Community features: friends list, chat and multiplayer event
planning

Gnome Video Arcade

GNOME Video Arcade is a simple Mame frontend for the GNOME desktop.

It supports both the xmame and sdlmame ports of MAME for GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems, and can utilize third-party data files like arcade history and game categories.

GNOME Video Arcade recognizes that the frontend is not the point; the games are. As such, its chief design goal is to help you quickly find a game to play and then get out of the way. Its purpose is not to help you manage your ROM collection, nor to provide a confusing graphical interface for MAME’s plethora of configuration options.

GNOME Video Arcade was written by MatthewBarnes and is released under terms of the GNU General Public License,

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Desktop App Pick

Wireshark · Wireshark 1.12.5

Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is
used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.

Weekly Spotlight

Multi-Platform BitTorrent Client qBittorrent Sees New Major Release

Changes in qBittorrent 3.2.0:

qBittorrent can now be built using Qt5;
WebUI code rewritten, refactored and improved;
support per tracker re-announce (needs libtorrent 1.0);
episode filtering for RSS;
support saving in network locations;
highlight files when opening containing folder on Windows and Linux (Nautilus, Dolphin and Konqueror);
added option to hibernate computer in Auto-Shutdown menu;
cache preferences in memory. This minimizes the chance of settings corruption;
added option to disable connections not supported by proxies;
added a save resume data interval option(useful for SSD);
Added new columns: “Last Seen Complete”, “Last Activity” and “Total Size”;
added setting to ignore RSS rule matches for X days;
show the reason why a peer was blocked (needs libtorrent 1.0);
allow to set text options for the toolbar icons;
`Add New Torrent` dialog has a button for quickly choosing a location;
implemented tracker list in the side panel;
implemented a ‘Completed’ status;
columns for session-based download and upload statistics;
code optimizations resulting in a more CPU efficient and snappier qBittorrent.

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Oculus to develop Rift for Windows only, suspends Mac, Linux work | Computerworld

Sorry, Mac and Linux fans: Facebook-owned Oculus Rift, the headset that perhaps more than any other device has ignited public interest in virtual reality, will run almost exclusively on well-appointed Windows PCs, at least in the near future.

The process that most laptops use to output video doesn’t work with the Rift, and Oculus has temporarily halted development for hardware running Apple and Linux. That’s the takeaway from the spec information Oculus published Friday detailing what type of computer would be compatible with its headset.

Four Remote Packet-of-Death Vulnerabilities In The Linux Kernel

Just this morning the major VENOM security vulnerability was made public while a few hours later, a kernel developer has gone public with four “remote packet of death” vulnerabilities affecting a mainline Linux kernel WLAN driver.

VENOM Vulnerability

VENOM, CVE-2015-3456, is a security vulnerability in the virtual floppy drive code used by many computer virtualization platforms. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to escape from the confines of an affected virtual machine (VM) guest and potentially obtain code-execution access to the host. Absent mitigation, this VM escape could open access to the host system and all other VMs running on that host, potentially giving adversaries significant elevated access to the host’s local network and adjacent systems.

Exploitation of the VENOM vulnerability can expose access to corporate intellectual property (IP), in addition to sensitive and personally identifiable information (PII), potentially impacting the thousands of organizations and millions of end users that rely on affected VMs for the allocation of shared computing resources, as well as connectivity, storage, security, and privacy.

OnlyOffice Blog – Online Office for Your Business

The long-awaited Document Server 3.0 is already available for Linux users. From now on you can easily deploy and run it on any Linux machine using Docker containers.

Just to remind, ONLYOFFICE Document Server 3.0 comprises text, spreadsheet and presentation editors with a modern flat interface, fully compatible with Open Office XML formats (.docx, .xlsx, pptx) enabling to co-edit documents in real time.

Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Phone Finally Goes On Sale

The second Ubuntu Phone to be commercially released is a 5.2-inch smartphone powered by an eight-core MediaTek MT6595 SoC (modified by Meizu), 2GB RAM and comes with 16GB of built-in flash storage.

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Linux Gaming for Everyone | LAS 311

chris — Sun, 04 May 2014 15:51:33 +0000

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Chris and Matt showcase some fun games for casual or hardcore gamers. From space shooters to fun puzzles, if you’ve been holding off on gaming for Linux we’ll change your mind!

Plus: Is Ubuntu for Android dead? Linus receives another award, the big update to Edward Snowden’s favorite Linux distribution…

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Games for shooting us in the face this Sunday:

Team Fortress 2

Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

Star Conflict

Star Conflict is an action-packed, massively multiplayer space simulation game that puts players in the role of elite pilots engaging in a widespread interplanetary skirmish. Three thousand years have passed since the first colonists left Earth. Now the galaxy is divided between the militant star empires and independent mercenary groups.

Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike\’s award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source technology. Featuring state of the art graphics, all new sounds, and introducing physics, Counter-Strike: Source is a must-have for every action gamer.

Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball

The dodgeball FPS you\’ve always wanted! Race around a skate park in jet-powered roller-skate robots and nail each other with ridiculous mid-air trick shots.

Chris’ Game Bag

Star Conflict

Star Conflict is an action-packed, massively multiplayer space simulation game that puts players in the role of elite pilots engaging in a widespread interplanetary skirmish. Three thousand years have passed since the first colonists left Earth. Now the galaxy is divided between the militant star empires and independent mercenary groups.

Electronic Super Joy

Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music.

Life Goes On

Life Goes On is a comically-morbid platformer where you brutally sacrifice knights and use their dead bodies to solve puzzles. With death as your only means to progress, journey through trap-ridden worlds to find the Cup of Life.

Matt’s Game Bag:

Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball

The dodgeball FPS you\’ve always wanted! Race around a skate park in jet-powered roller-skate robots and nail each other with ridiculous mid-air trick shots.

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Star Conflict

Star Conflict is an action-packed, massively multiplayer space simulation game that puts players in the role of elite pilots engaging in a widespread interplanetary skirmish.

jmac217 ran down his favorite emulators

AdvanceMAME
DOSBox
ScummVM (Download Beneath A Steel Sky, it’s sequel coming out!)
- Stella – Atari 2600
- zSNES or SNES9x
- Gens – Sega consoles
- Mupen64plus – N64
- VisualBoy Advance – GB/C/A
- DeSmuME – DS
- ePSXe – PS1
- PCSX2 – PS2
- Dolphin – GC

Epic thread: Sunday\’s LAS: Game Day. Lets brainstorm!

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Runs Linux

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Desktop App Pick

Speedometer

Measure and display the rate of data across a network connection or data being stored in a file.

Weekly Spotlight

mooOS

mooOS is an enlightenment 19 and/or unity 14.04/compiz(gnome 3.12) and/or Steam and/or XBMC based desktop out of the box, libre focused, privacy aware, livecd and basic installer aimed at experienced linux users or aspiring developers such as myself. mooOS is based upon Arch Linux and uses the Arch repos and AUR exactly the same as Arch Linux.

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Ubuntu for Android Is No Longer In Active Development

Canonical\’s Matthew Paul Thomas states in a bug report lodged on Launchpad, the issue tracker for Ubuntu the project, including its websites:

\”[The website] describes Ubuntu for Android as \”the must-have feature for late-2012 high-end Android phones. Ubuntu for Android is no longer in development, so this page should be retired, along with [the features section].\”

Tails reaches 1.0 – LWN

Version 1.0 of the privacy-centric Tails distribution was released on April 29. As the release announcement notes, the 1.0 release is an important milestone, but in the case of Tails, this milestone primarily designates the distribution\’s stability and increased adoption, rather than a significant new set of features

Linus Torvalds wins IEEE Computer Society\’s Computer Pioneer Award

Linus has been named the 2014 recipient of the IEEE Computer Society’s Computer Pioneer Award “for pioneering development of the Linux kernel using the open-source approach”.

The Computer Pioneer Award was established in 1981 by the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors to recognize and honor the vision of those whose efforts resulted in the creation and continued vitality of the computer industry. The award is presented to outstanding individuals whose main contribution to the concepts and development of the computer field was made at least 15 years earlier. The recognition is engraved on a bronze medal.

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Persona Non Grata | CR 92

chris — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:33:44 +0000

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We embrace Daylight saving time with a special call-in edition of Coder Radio. Topics include a chat with one of the developers behind the online JavaScript assembly emulator, the encroachment of DRM in everyday life, and why Mozilla’s Persona has been put out to pasture and the difficult problem that creates for developers.

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Antergos Interview | LAS s29e08

chris — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 13:36:50 +0000

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Antergos is bringing Arch to the masses, but still keeps it simple. We chat with the founder of Antergos, formerly Cinnarch, about their future plans, and how they hope to improve Arch without taking away what makes it so great.

Plus: A backdoor worm plagues Linux boxes, details on SteamOS game streaming…

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Antergos

Antergos, as its father, Arch Linux, is a rolling release distro. This means that you don’t have to worry about if there’s a new version to download, like in Ubuntu or Fedora.

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Calling all Coders | CR 48

chris — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:00:53 +0000

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We open the lines and take live calls. From billing for your time, java, FirefoxOS, and more, Mike and Chris answer questions and help solve your problems!

Plus: Mike releases a new app, Chris get’s grumpy about Ubuntu, and your emails!

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Project Hamster

Project Hamster is time tracking for individuals. It helps you to keep track on how much time you have spent during the day on activities you choose to track.

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Tomato Soup for iOS

Tomato Soup is your simple no frills Pomodoro timer. It is designed to be as easy to use as possible and not bog you down in details, so you can focus on what is important: your work.

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Classic Adventure Gaming | In Depth Look

chris — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:44:18 +0000

Can a 20 year old Star Trek game contain the secrets to a fantastic Action Adventure game for anyone? Well I think so, and in this episode I\’ll attempt to make my case!

Why I think Star Trek the 25th Anniversary has the key ingredients to a great game!

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Instead of a game in which you simply rehash events that have been modified into a playable format, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary presents you with all new scenarios that run in the same vein as the original television series.

Graphics
Although the game graphics are clearly unspectacular by today\’s standard, they serve their purpose well. They were able to bring scenes to life that the TV shows budget, would never have allowed for.

Not afraid to have a more advanced look.

Fans got to see well known locations re-imagined, or in one mission, all beat up!

Voices
The digitized voices are available only on the Enhanced CD-ROM version. Playing the CD-ROM version is like acting out as an episode of Star Trek.

The Floppy disk version of the game was too limited on space for the voices.

Voice overs, multiple choice, often funny

**A real challenge*
NO hand holding, you have to look up facts, use tools in the scene. Find them your self.

First scene is a battle, no tutorial. Later in the game there are rather clever things you have to pick up on, to solve locks and puzzles. (This was pre-Google too).

Many missions had a sub-game wherein the player would figure out how to get the redshirt killed, although this would diminish their rating at the end of the mission.

The use of your crew is a key game play element. Turning them from token tagalongs, to full fledged helpers. And they act/help in the way you expect for their character.

Adorable copy protection
As a holdover from the Floppy Disk version, the CD-ROM version retains the copy protection in the form of a star chart inside the instruction manual. This chart must be used in order to choose the correct destination star system for each mission. This is a simple but effective copy protection scheme that fits well into the context of the game, unlike the traditional but tiresome \”find the fifth word on the third page\” routine.

Copy protection via the manual / sector map

The game contains a copy-protection system that asks the player to consult the game\’s manual to find out what star system to warp to on the navigation map. Warping to the wrong system sends the player into either Klingon or Romulan neutral zones, and initiates an extremely difficult battle that often ends in the destruction of the Enterprise.

The lost 4th Season

When the writers wrote this game, they viewed it as the never aired 4th season. And wanted it to feature stories and characters that would have been in that season.

Combined with the voice overs, this gives the game a nearly episodic feel to it. And sucks in the player.

This game manages to cross blur the lines between game and dramatic entertainment. Much how TOR does for me now.

Final Notes:

One of DeForest Kelley\’s last roles
When a closeup of Harry Mudd is displayed on Enterprise\’s viewscreen, his facial features are obscured by shadows. This is because Paramount required that when likenesses of real actors or actresses were used in the game, the approval of the actor or actress in question was needed. However, Roger C. Carmel, who played Mudd originally, had passed away by the time the game was made. This problem was only noted near the end of development, and negotiating a solution with Paramount would have delayed the release. Therefore the decision was made not to actually show Mudd\’s face clearly.

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Tribute to SWG | MMOrgue 19

chris — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:53:21 +0000

As a fond farewell to the MMOrgue, we’re dedicating our final episode to the departure of a landmark MMO from the industry. Star Wars Galaxies will be closed down forever in December of this year, and we’ve gathered together to celebrate its life and the impact it has forever had on every MMO, for better or worse.

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Show Notes:

Star Wars Galaxies, the what and when

Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided – 26 June 2003 (US)
- 7 November 2003 in Europe; 23 December 2004 in Japan
Jump to Lightspeed – 27 October 2004
- Two new races were added: Sullustan and Ithorian.
- Added space combat
Episode III Rage of the Wookiees – 5 May 2005
- Added the Wookiee planet of Kashyyyk
Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan – 1 November 2005
- This expansion added the ground planet of Mustafar to the game.

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