Super Tux 2

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For those people who are fans of Super Mario World, there is Super Tux 2. The game is an Open-Source Project for a Super Mario World alternative.
To get the game, Debian users can find it in Synaptic as “supertux”. The game can be downloaded with apt-get by using the command “sudo apt-get install supertux”. The package can also be found at the website: http://supertux.github.io/download.html.
NOTE: Super Tux 2 is available also for Windows and Mac OS X.
Just like Super Mario World, Super Tux 2 is a side-scrolling 2 dimensional game. Once installed and the game is started, the controls are very easy. The arrow keys are self-explanatory. To jump, use the Spacebar. The Action key, by default, is the Left Control on the keyboard. Be aware that the game does recognize an XBOX 360 controller. Once the game is started, the default keys can be changed in the Options menu under “Setup Keyboard”. You can also change the controls for other controller types (XBOX 360 controller) under “Setup Joystick”.
The game play is easy if you know any of the Super Mario games. The objective is to save Penny. There are many levels to get through to accomplish this task. Along the way, there are Power-ups to assist you. The Power-ups are in a blue block with a question mark on it as shown in Figure 1.

When you hit the block from underneath, you will get one of the following items from it:

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• Coin – By gathering 100 coins you gain a free life
• Egg – Makes Tux grow so he can smash through boxes when jumping into them.
• Boxes can also be smashed by jumping and pressing the down key when walking on them.
• Fireflower – once Tux has found an egg, the fireflower allows him to throw fireballs when the Action button is pressed. Fireballs can kill the bad guys
• Iceflower – same as the Fireflower, but tux throws ice balls. The bad guys hit by them will freeze, except for snow and ice enemies
• Tux Doll – if caught, gives you an extra life
• Star – makes Tux invincible to almost all hazards

Some of the Bad Guys in the Icy World are:

• Bouncing Snowball
• Flame
• FlyingSnowball
• Jumpy
• Mr. Bomb
• Mr. IceBlock
• Snowball
• Spiky
• Stalactite
• Fish

More information about the Bad Guys can be found at http://supertux.lethargik.org/wiki/Badguys. Here, you can also determine if a fire ball or ice ball will work on each enemy as well as being squish-able when jumped on by Tux.
There are also special objects within the game which can be useful. The first is the bell. When Tux dies within a level, he must start the level over if a life remains. Once a bell is touched, then that place is a checkpoint. When Tux dies, he will restart the level at the checkpoint.
There are doors which when Tux enters, he will be taken to another point in the level. These are basic shortcuts.
Secret blocks are useful. These blocks appear when Tux jumps in a certain place. The blocks can then be used to climb higher or to reach specific spots.

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Switches can be useful. A switch is used to stop water, open blocked passages, etc. The switch is activated by pressing “Up” key. Other switches are color coordinated to match a spot which the switch is used to activate something.
Within certain levels, platforms may be placed to allow Tux to move from one area to another. A platform is a moving object on which Tux can stand. Some only move when Tux gets on it. Other platforms move constantly. Other platforms require a switch to be activated for the platform to move.
Info blocks are green blocks with an exclamation mark on it. These blocks provide you with information about certain objects and what they do in the game. These can be very handy when new things are found.

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For Tux to jump higher than normal, there are trampolines. Press the jump button to make Tux jump higher than normal when on one.
There are magic blocks which can be seen when Tux has a magic lantern. The light of the lantern illuminates the block so it can be seen.
Finally, there is wind which transports Tux to other areas of the current level. Wind exists in few levels.
In the game, some objects can be carried. These items are:

• squished Mr. IceBlock
• Rock
• Trampoline
• Mr. Bomb

To carry the item, press the Action key and hold it. Release the Action key to drop the item.
When Tux is Big or has Fireball ability, you can press Down and the Jump key to make Tux do a backflip. When this is done, Tux can jump higher than normal without running first. In some versions, Tux will lose his Fire Hat when doing the backflip.
I hope you try out the game and enjoy it.

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Tux Droid
Developer: Kysoh
Platform: Linux
Price: $99

Linus Torvalds, the creator of the open-source Linux kernel, was once mauled by a very small penguin while on a trip in Australia. The experience had a lasting impact on him and later inspired him to make a penguin the official Linux mascot. Developer Larry Ewing created the first graphical rendering of the Linux penguin, which countless Linux users around the world know today as Tux.

An electronics company called Kysoh aims to bring the Linux mascot to life with a unique programmable toy. The Kysoh Tux Droid is a robot that wirelessly connects to a Linux computer (no Windows or Mac OS X support yet) and performs actions in response to preprogrammed events. It can flap its wings, turn around in circles, blink, detect light levels, record audio, and even speak. The Tux Droid also comes with an IR remote that can be used to make it do your bidding... until the grim day when it achieves complete autonomy and throws off the shackles of human subjugation, conspiring with the devious Roomba collective in an insidious plot to overthrow humanity.

Tux swims out of the box

The Tux Droid comes with a USB cable, an IR remote, a white firmware update cable, a power adapter, a concise instruction manual, and a 2.4 Ghz wireless dongle shaped like a fish that plugs into a standard USB port on the host computer and facilitates communication between the computer and the robot.

After extricating it from the packaging, a close examination reveals that soft fuzz covers most of its exterior, except for the plastic beak, feet, and eyes; it's approximately eight inches tall and rests steadily on three wheels that come out of the bottom. The build quality is pretty solid, but I don't think it would survive a fall from a high shelf onto a hard floor. The overall appearance is good—it is an unmistakable likeness of Ewing's original Tux rendering, and in person, any Linux enthusiast would recognize it as Tux at a glance.

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Setting up Tux

The initial setup process is relatively straightforward. I started by plugging in the Tux Droid and turning it on. It has an internal rechargeable battery and can function on power from a regular wall socket while charging. When the droid activates, it says hello and flaps its wings.

Next, I plugged the fish dongle into the USB port on my keyboard. A blue LED will blink slowly behind its eyes to indicate that it is receiving power and attempting to establish a connection. When the fish finishes connecting with the Tux Droid (this typically doesn't take very long), the LED inside the fish will blink more rapidly and the LEDs behind Tux's eyes will turn solid blue.

The last setup step is installing the software so that Tux can be controlled from the computer. This control software isn't included in the box with the droid, so it has to be downloaded from the Internet... and that's where I ran into my first problem. The Kysoh web site is a bit disorganized, and it took me a few minutes to figure out that the required software is actually available for download from the Tux Droid community site rather than Kysoh's official web site as the instruction manual had indicated. In addition to the software itself, the community site also has a wiki page with more complete installation instructions.

The software is available in a Debian package or a tarball. I chose the Debian package, which can be installed on Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions by double-clicking the package file in a file manager or by using the dpkg command at the command line. I also had to install the text-to-speech voice package in order to get Tux to talk. The voice files are also distributed in both deb and tarball formats, and are available in 11 different languages. The most recent version of the Tux Droid software is 1.2.2, which was released in January.

The control software itself consists of several daemons (one for text-to-speech support and one for enabling interaction with the robot), a few graphical control utilities, and various custom behavior programs called gadgets. After installing the packages, I had to reboot my computer to get the Tux software daemons to start.