To open games in GNOME, go to =>
=> . In KDE, go to
=> .
Many games include rules and tips within the menu options.
Additional games are available online; http://www.lokigames.com/ and http://www.linuxquake.com/
are two popular sites. Also, try searching the Internet for "linux games" using a
search engine.
Computer programmers can be very entertaining people. Little applets are created
and added to software for no other reason than to amuse.
In GNOME, go to =>
and look through the applets available in
, , and
. Fish will
open a dialog box (Figure 8-2)displaying a quote that changes every time you click
on the icon. gEyes will add two eyes to your
panel that follow your cursor around the screen. Gnome
Weather (which is under )will dock
a button on your panel that displays a miniature weather report.
KDE has a menu option called Toys. Look through these when
you want a little entertainment.
The text editor Emacs has several hidden
surprises, too. Open the application with
=> => => . Press
[Alt]-[x]; then type
the word doctor to open the application's "psychiatrist." Also in
Emacs, press [Esc]-[x] and then type "yow" to see a quote at the
bottom of the screen. Press [Esc]-[ x] and type "psychoanalyze-pinhead" and
Emacs displays all the quotes in its database
(press [Ctrl]-[C] to
stop).
