Ubuntu gaming made easy

[Snowhog]

PlayDeb.net Beta - Welcome

Interesting site. Lots of games for those interested in such. Worth taking a look at.

[assettt]

Re: Ubuntu gaming made easy

Very handy for installing games. Only problem it's not working for me. I installed the play-deb package but when you click to install the game firefox opens a page with an error saying Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (apt) isn't associated with any program.

[Telengard]

Re: Ubuntu gaming made easy

I think you may want to enable the protocol by following the instructions in the AptURL article. I've never done this though, so YMMV.

Otherwise, follow the instructions on the PlayDeb page to manually enable the repository.

[assettt]

Re: Ubuntu gaming made easy

Installed apturl (surprised the amount of gnome dependencies it needs) but still firefox will not recognise the apt command. Still it's possible to install the games with synaptic/kpackagekit and they will be downloaded from playdeb.

[rfakhrai]

Re: Ubuntu gaming made easy

I like this service. Unfortunately, I changed the repository to Hardy instead of Karmic because I'm running Hardy. And only a few of those games are available for it.

Guess I can wait until it's time to upgrade. Not too long now!

[Mountain Man]

Re: Ubuntu gaming made easy

PlayDeb.net appears to be offline. I can't get to the website, and the repositories won't update. It's been like this for a couple of days. Does anybody know what's going on?

[Telengard]

Re: Ubuntu gaming made easy

Yes, the server is down. No definite word on when it will be back, although I feel confident it is just a temporary down time.

[arochester]

Re: Ubuntu gaming made easy

While you are waiting for the server to come up again, do have a look at "Linux Gaming News" - http://lgn.linux-hardcore.com/

[Mountain Man]

Re: Ubuntu gaming made easy

I feel confident it is just a temporary down time.

I hope so. It's a great site.

[Mountain Man]

Re: Ubuntu gaming made easy

Uh-oh... PlayDeb.net is now showing up as a 404.

Edit: Never mind, that was just their welcome page. Trying the main site and I see this message: "We are working to get our services online soon. - The GetDeb Team"