On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 12:04:15PM -0600, DM wrote: > Are there any mud users in here? I have been searching for a decent one for > use with speakup and a text console, as I don't use a gui, just Debian. Off-hand, I know of the console mudd clients tf and tintin++, if you're looking for a user interface into mudd servers. As for servers themselves, I would recommend aime (which isn't available for Debian Sid yet), or ggz gaming zone, which has a text interface, but I haven't checked it out as yet. In Debian, apt-cache serch <item> ...is your friend. The bsdgames package also has 'adventure' and 'phantasia,' which are text-based games you may find of interest, if you're old enough to remember the old Zork games. The Rogue-like games are pretty useless with their floor-plan displays. You'll likely only find 6 or 7 text-based games or interfaces that you'd find of any use, though. The 'jzip' and 'xzip' packages look promising, but the games for them are located off Debian somewhere. I gather they're much like the game 'adventure' in the bsdgames package, but just decode the game files people have created. aptitude show <package> ...will give you details on the package, and is a little quieter than, apt-cache show <package> I use the following shortcuts in /root/.bashrc: alias search='apt-cache search' alias show='aptitude show' ...to search for, and show packages, respectively. HTH, Michael
