Hey Guys.

After about ten years my father finally agreed to move to Linux. Because his devices I gifted him are not “supported for Windows 11”.

And it is a blast - He loved Gnome for having his two games: Mahjong and Solitair.

Everything works flawlessly; He observed me updating Debian to trixie within an instant to get him his OneDrive back.

Anyhow: I would like to recommend some alternative Games he may like; Just to show off hisnnew operating system (of choice, yay).

If this isn’t clear: He isn’t gaming “Fullscreen”. He chills for 30 Minutes with just his mice infront of the computer.

Any alternative to games would be appreciated as well.

Cheers

  • fartsparklesEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    OpenTTD (Transport Tycoon)
    Hedgewars (Worms)
    Battle For Wesnoth (awesome turn-based game)
    Shattered Pixel Dungeon (Rogue-like)
    0A.D. (Age of Empires)
    Frozen Bubble (Puzzle Bobble)
    Pingus (Lemmings)
    Mindustry (Factorio)
    FreeOrion (Masters of Orion)

    • idotherock@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      I wouldn’t put forward 0 A.D. in this situation. That’s a full-blown 3D game. Even Wesnoth and Orion might be a bit much for this case.

      • fartsparklesEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        I totally get you but my rather elderly father loves 3D games - they’ve put hundreds of hours into Skyrim at this point haha. Could never get comfortable with keyboard and mouse but took to a gamepad incredibly quickly.

        Sometimes a theme like fantasy or history can be the catalyst to give something the time and patience to learn it. My old man was a huge LOTR fan back in the day (the books especially) and thus the desire to play Skyrim was enough for him to suffer through learning a gamepad and analogue sticks.