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I’m not a gamer. Since I’m so addicted to Linux, gaming is something I have to give up. However, wonderful pc game developers will come out with something amazing from time to time, aiming the entire pc game market. They have wonderful port versions for popular operating systems which Linux is also included. This is my second online game, after Neverwinter Nights.

The game’s name is Second Life, and yes, its linux client is the most hassle-free version I’ve ever dealt with. Simply download the package, extract and run the game. There’s no compile-and-install steps at all! If you are running on alsa sound system, your have a video card better than geforce2, then you’ll have no problem running this game. Make sure you’ve installed the nvidia driver like I did, and if you are on ATI cards, fglrx is needed for 3d performance.

Second Life login screen.

Second Life is best played in window mode, it has a lot of interactions with outside the game world(opening web pages, voice commucation with skype etc).