Abandonware Ports

[GoombaDoolies]

Hi all, this is my first post and excuse me if I sound ignorant.

I really only joined up because I believe so strongly in the community and hope one day to provide someone with a solution, not necessarily for my own benefit, because any problem I have in Ubuntu (minor as they have been) are already discussed and solved, so thanks for all those who ever post threads for solutions. :D

I was wondering, is there any real project/campaign to port abandonware (stuff release to freeware - save any legal issues) to Ubuntu/Linux. I know that probably we could dosbox the majority, but I'd like to see someone with the desire & know how to make some linux native games from old games, to remind me of my childhood/teens.

Kind regards to all.

Goomba

[louis_nichols]

There isn't an organized campaign for this. There are, however, Linux imitations of quite a few classical (DOS and no-DOS) games. Most of them are already in the repos.