AssaultCube

AssaultCube, formerly ActionCube, i is a FREE multiplayer first-person shooter game, based on the CUBE engine. Set in a realistic looking environment, as far as that’s possible with this engine, while gameplay stays fast and arcade. This game is all about team oriented multiplayer with fast, arcade gameplay, it’s addictive and fun!

With efficient bandwidth usage, it’s low-latency and can even run over a 56Kbps connection. It’s tiny too, weighing in at a lightweight 40 MB package available for Windows, Mac and Linux. On the correct settings, it can even run on old hardware (Pentium III and above).

website : http://assault.cubers.net

Nexuiz

Nexuiz is a fast-paced 3D deathmatch game with high-end and complex graphics effects. It is intended to be played over the Internet or over a local network. Several different game types, such as classic deathmatch, team deathmatch and capture the flag are available. Though it also supports a single-player mode and playing against the computer. The game brings deathmatch back to the basics, with perfect weapon  balancing and fast paced action, keeping itself away from the current trend of realistic shooters.

Nexuiz is an Arena First Person shooter coming soon to consoles. Nexuiz is fast paced with extremely competitive game play. IllFonic brings Alientrap Software’s Nexuiz to next-gen gaming consoles around the world while staying true to the game play refined over the years through development. IllFonic introduces a new Victorian influenced art style that is simultaneously futuristic and sophisticated. Nexuiz for consoles is powered by CryENGINE 3.

Nexuiz will feature a dynamic mutator system that allows players to change the rules of the match as its being played; as players rank, new mutators become available for them to use. Leader boards are designed for social networking, letting players feel more engaged with the community.

website : http://www.nexuiz.com/

Warsaw

Warsow is a fast paced first person shooter consisting of cel-shaded cartoon-like graphics with dark, flashy and dirty textures. Warsow is based on the E-novel “Chasseur de bots” (“Bots hunter” in English) by Fabrice Demurger. Warsow’s codebase is built upon Qfusion, an advanced modification of the Quake II engine. Set in a futuristic cartoon-like world where rocketlauncher-wielding pigs and lasergun-carrying cyberpunks roam the streets, Warsow is a completely free fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Speed and movement, that’s what Warsow is all about. Like a true cyberathlete you jump, dash, dodge and walljump your way through the game. Grab those power-ups before your enemy does, plant the bomb before anyone sees you, and steal the enemy’s flag before anyone knows what’s going on!

website : http://www.warsow.net/

Sauerbraten

Much like the original Cube, the aim of this game is not necessarily to produce the most features & eyecandy possible, but rather to allow map/geometry editing to be done dynamically in-game, to create fun gameplay and an elegant engine.

Sauerbraten is a networked fast-paced 3D first-person shooter game. It supports rather modern graphic effects and a some nice graphic details.
The game client also works as the map editor. It is even possible to create and/or edit a map together with other people over a network connection.
Sauerbraten might be considered unsuitable for children.

website : http://sauerbraten.sourceforge.net

Tremulous

Tremulous is a free, open source game that blends a team based First Person Shooter (FPS) game with elements of a Real Time Strategy (RTS) game. Players can choose from 2 unique races, aliens and humans. Players on both teams are able to build working structures in-game like a Real Time Strategy game. These structures provide many functions, the most important being spawning. The designated builders must ensure there are spawn structures or other players will not be able to rejoin the game after death. Other structures provide automated base defense (to some degree), healing functions and much more.

Player advancement is different depending on which team you are on. As a human, players are rewarded with credits for each alien kill. These credits may be used to purchase new weapons and upgrades from the “Armoury”. The alien team advances quite differently. Upon killing a human foe, the alien is able to evolve into a new class. The more kills gained the more powerful the classes available.
The overall objective behind Tremulous is to eliminate the opposing team. This is achieved by not only killing the opposing players but also removing their ability to respawn by destroying their spawn structures.

website : http://tremulous.net

Login screen of Floreant POS.

Floreant POS offers an ideal computer system for dining, restaurant management and franchise food service. Complete with detailed sales reporting, food cost and labor cost analysis, it provides intuitive touch screen ordering software for table-service, delivery, take-out and catering. This software has been released under MRPL.

Logged in as Administrator. It shows all the buttons. In reality different user will get different features. Food server will be able to create and edit Tickets and Manager will get access to cash drawer.

Download

Obtain latest binary as well as complete source code from following links. Floreant POS is provided free of cost without any warranty. It has been tested free from spyware and virus. Any third party library, object, binary, source code, images used anywhere in this product may be subject to addition cost or license agreement.

Download Page

more infos at : http://floreantpos.com

About PenyuLAN

Penyu Radius is a special unit under Millennium Radius Sdn Bhd (“MR”) which has been setup, organized and operated in Dungun, Terengganu, MALAYSIA since January 2010.

PenyuLAN is a free software to monitor computers in a local area network. PenyuLAN is most suitable for internet café monitoring system. However, the features are also useful for school computer labs for monitoring purpose.

PenyuLAN can be used on local area network (LAN) whereby it will connect to the client PCs through the IP using designated port number.

PenyuLAN can perform the following remote control and monitoring on client PCs:-

1. Lock and unlock screen
2. Logoff
3. Restart
4. Shutdown
5. Send warning message
6. Capture screen
7. Check running program

Screenshot

Additional features which are suitable for internet cafe operations are:-

1. Record time and amount of usage for each PC
2. Currency is based on computer regional setting
3. To record food and beverage and other services
4. User account control
5. Comprehensive management report

PenyuLAN comes in three (3) editions which are Ganu Edition, Keropok Edition and Ikang Edition. The only difference between these editions is on the number of computers it can monitor.

As to date, PenyuLAN software is totally free without any limitation on number of use or any advertisement or nagging screen. For Keropok and Ikang Editions, you need to register to activate the software and registration is free.

With Penyu Radius software, internet cafe operators can now automate their business operation with free cyber cafe software. PenyuLAN is a cyber cafe software which is easy to use. PenyuLAN cyber cafe software will update PC monitoring usage for every second. This will allow the administrator to monitor PC usage with most updated information.

They are  also offer software customization to suit your special needs. PenyuLAN is not only suitable for internet cafe but also useful for schools or colleges computer lab. You will find it easier to monitor every computers in your computer lab.

Make sure you get the latest version of PenyuLAN software to ensure your cyber cafe operates with the latest version. They are gradually fix any problem with PenyuLAN cyber cafe software. Improvement and enhancement has been continuously performed to ensure their users get the best performance out of the free cyber cafe software.

You can download PenyuLAN from here : Download Site

Millennium Radius
(Dungun Branch)
No 4, Jalan Pak Sabah
23000 Dungun, Terengganu
MALAYSIA
Tel: 609-8444 277
Fax: 609-8445 277
Email: penyu@penyuradius.com
URL: http://www.penyuradius.com

This great software inherit many features from CCL with many enhancement, as you knows CCL is one of our best billing and point of sales system we ever use.

Mkahawa is a swahili word for Cafe. Mkahawa builds on the small but fast Cafe Con Leche (CCL) – the light, but ultra-fast C++ Internet Cafe Management Software for Linux and Windows. This is but a continuation of CCL development in just another form.

About Mkahawa

Mkahawa is an open-source project that builds on Cafe Con Leche or CCL – the nifty, cross-platform Internet Cafe billing and Management Software started by Bruno Deferrari. It extends CCL’s traditional cross-platform nature, simplicity, lightness and speed with major additional features.

Mkahawa project also aims to provide up-to-date binary installers for the different Linux distros and Windows versions. This website has add-ons and non-Linux installers. Free source and some binaries can be found at sourceforge.net .

FIFA World Cup Edition is NOT an admission that the Mkahawa Team will be spending a whole month watching the largest, most entertaining and prestigious soccer contest in the World.

Features

• Staff Access Management (Login & Logout)
• Choice of post-paid and prepaid billing
• Stronger membership management
• Tickets printing and management
• Speed-buttons for simple usage
• Installers for Ubuntu, Zencafe(Zenwalk) and Windows
• Automatic charging for print-outs
• Multi-language capability
• Client updates from the server
• Session Management ( Feature Requests)
• Session Start, Stop, Pause
• Timeout Settings Timer
• Client Seat/Session Swapping
• Count Up/Down Timer
• Configurable Blocker Image
• Post-paid / Prepaid modes
• Server Functionality ( Feature Requests)
• View Client status in real time
• View Client status in colored icons
• View Instant Status list
• Session Cost Cashing & Discounts
• Products Sale & Reports
• Versatile Tariff Configuration
• Membership Management
• Multi-level Staff Access Control
• View Session and Sales Logs
• Generate Session and Sales Reports
• Generate and Print Tickets
• Client Computer Control
• Shutdown and Reboot
• Temporary Blank Screen
• Client Update from Server
• Client Upgrade Capability

Mkahawa 0.0.3

This is the latest version released on 13th March, 2010. You can download it from here

• Options for post-paid and prepaid billing
• Options for rounding off price to .00, .05, .10 and .50
• Support for non-alphabet scripts eg Chinese, Indian, Russian, Korean
• Tickets: Printing and general management
• Improved looks – Graphical buttons

It IS a recognition that Mkahawa is used all over the world, and is an expression of our solidarity with FIFA’s core values of authenticity, unity, performance and integrity.

Mkahawa Downloads

These are the latest files for the open-source Mkahawa Internet Cafe management software. Pick older files from here

Requirement

Mkahawa Server and Client supports the following operating system:

• Linux operating system especially Ubuntu Linux
• Windows XP (you need to buy to obtain mkahawa windows client and server via paypal)

Recomended

Although we are still running a test to this software on our DRBL server and client but we are highly recomending Mkahawa for cyber cafe owners who was running CCL before this.

More info about mkahawa:

Website : http://mkahawa.sourceforge.net

Project and Download site : http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/mkahawa

According to wikipedia the last public version of Yahoo! Messenger for Unix was released in September 2003, while an unofficial beta (v1.0.6) from a Yahoo! employee was released around the same time.

But they keep upgrading the version for Mac? And now it is version 3.0.1 for the current beta released on March 26, 2010.

Yahoo Messenger has some great features that was making it so popular, and most of our customers was familiar with it, although there is an alternative like gyachi, kopete, pidgin, and empathy, our customers prefer to use Yahoo Messenger instead of those alternative instant messengers, and why?

Because Yahoo Messenger is so user friendly and easy to use, and one frequent reason is when using alternative instant messenger such as pidgin, most of our customer being afraid to create their account even without password.

The Linux / Unix version of Yahoo! Messenger is terribly outdated, and probably won’t even connect. The Windows version does not run well, even under Wine. The web version of yahoo messenger quite good but the customers still want the native version of it.

Yahoo Messenger On Mac

Yahoo Messenger On Linux

What we really need?

So do we need another yahoo messenger replacement? I dont think so, what we need now is an enhancement of current open source instant messenger program that could mimic the original Yahoo Messenger, and we are still waiting for it.

CafePilot supports connections over the Internet so Internet cafe businesses with multiple branches can use a centralized server. This will allow customers to roam between branches with generated pre-paid tickets.

Best of all, CafePilot is free and open source! [http://sourceforge.net/projects/cafepilot/]

CafePilot Service Request Monitor (SRM) allows a Cafe manager to see, in real-time, requests for attention by customers and the status of those requests. An attendant can also monitor the SRM to see what refreshments/products customers are ordering. Best of all, there is no limit to the number of SRMs that can run on your network and SRM license comes free with CafePilot.

General Feature List

• Cross-platform (Windows and Linux)
• SQL database, no OLE MS Jet Engine problems
• Comprehensive log page
• Easily export accounts to a comma delimited flat file for easy integration with other systems
• Choice of creating Barcode tickets that allow customer to scan instead of typing login information
• CafePilot closes all specified application (including browser) windows when customer logs out

Billing

• Prepaid billing with customizable tickets e.g. add company name and logo
• Barcode tickets.
• Create and print accounts in bulk.
• Create accounts with custom username and password
• Expiring accounts, based on a calendar date or specific duration after first logon
• Limit ticket validity to particular time periods based on group
• Customizable low time warning
• Per-second billing
• Re-usable tickets
• Create different account types and set diffrent rates for each e.g. “night-time” tickets, “2Hr” tickets etc
• Easily edit accounts. Change credit, expiration and delete accounts

Security

• Definable range of allowed IP addresses on the server so no foreign CafePilot client connects to your server.
• Customizable staff permissions e.g. allow a staff to create accounts while denying him the right to delete or edit them.
• CafePilot Client lets you run your workstations on Guest account so as to prevent customers from tampering with your workstations.

Reports

• Automatically get Internet cafe activity reports by email daily or weekly (as customized). CafePilot will send diffrent reports to different email addresses as specified
• View activity reports for both administrative functions (account creation, editing etc) as well as workstation usage
• View reports on service request and product purchases
• Export reports to a variety of formats including PDF, HTML and XML

Product Server/Service Request Monitor

• Install as many Service request monitors as you want
• Give your customers the convinience of requesting attention or ordering products, refreshments and services right from their workstations
• Get a report of ordered products and services, including whether they were fulfilled or cancelled

License

• Free!

source : http://www.cafepilot.com/

Although I’m a cyber cafe owner but I am not a games freak, but Glest had caught my eyes 3 years ago, when I started osscc.org. Glest is a good 3D real time strategy game, the game is still under good development progress. You can play Glest on LAN or single player also. Although Glest is not as advance as Warcraft III, but I really enjoy playing it some time, even those kids when we did an exhibition last year gave us a positive feedback when they play Glest on our diskless linux gaming system using DRBL.

Installation

Installing Glest on Ubuntu Linux is far too easy, open your terminal and type the following command:

# sudo apt-get install glest

Glest is a free 3D real-time strategy game, where you control the armies of two different factions:Tech, which is mainly composed of warriors and mechanical devices, and Magic, that prefers mages and summoned creatures in the battlefield.

Glest is not just a game, but also an engine to make strategy games, based on XML and a set of tools. A few mods already exist.

Mega Glest

Their other project called MegaGlest seems doesn’t  has so many progress since they registered the project at SourceForge.net on Jan 22 2010, and is described by the project team as follows :

“Currently there is no active development of the real time strategy game glest. This project aims to improve the game and its content. It already has a lot more content than the original game and contains bugfixes and improvements.”

And the stable release of MegaGlest is version 3.3.3 and can be downloaded from here : http://glest.org/glest_board/index.php?topic=5283.0

Glest Development Team

Glest is made by a bunch of friends, most of them from Spain. If you wish to contact them, please send an e-mail or post on their board.

Martiño Figueroa. Glest game, engine and tools coder.
MS in Computer Science by the University of Coruña (Spain). e-mail.

Glest Official Website : http://www.glest.org/

Glest Blog : http://glestblog.blogspot.com/

Glest Forum : http://glest.org/glest_board/

From my experiences running a cyber cafe business and provides certain solution to the others cyber cafe owners, Ubuntu Linux 10.04 or the previous version of it, is the perfect choice to be the server and the client operating system for cyber cafe purpose.

It has everything except POINT OF SALES software, dont believe on me? try to click ubuntu main menu > Ubuntu Software Center > Search for cyber cafe and you’ll get nothing except blank white page. But try search for point of sale and you will get “lemon point of sale” but this software wasn’t meant for cyber cafe purpose, it was created for general such as restaurant or book store.

One thing until now what Open Source Operating System such as Ubuntu or perhaps I should say Canonical still couldn’t beat Microsoft is the supports from game developer, but currently i heard that Steam is coming to Linux, until now we still need to using wine and other emulators to play warcraft III, counter strike and so on.

For me, that is why the progress in running gaming center or cyber cafe business based on open source software was far too slow and just few small company had put their interest to develop a billing system or pos system for linux operating system but still their software lacks many of important features, I didn’t say I am condemns their software, for me it’s a good effort for them and us, but we are still waiting for the perfect point of sales for open source cyber cafe.

Others POS system such as OpenbravoERP, OpenbravoPOS, OpenERP are good software makers but still the softwares wasn’t meant for cyber cafe, internet cafe or gaming center.

Why is this happen? I don’t know, or maybe they think that running cyber cafe and gaming center business using an open source product couldn’t help the progress to expanding the influences. Instead of that, still some of others contributor was willing to spend their time, money and privacy to creating POS system such as ccl, mkahawa, gbilling and others, but still to software need more support on their development. Ubuntu or Canonical should supporting them in their software development(cyber cafe billing system).

So if you asked me what is the perfect POS system for open source cyber cafe should it looks like? If you look to the Cafesuite.net features then we might get some point how it should be. And if we takes their features to suggest what kind of billing system we really need for cyber cafe cafe then it’s could be just like below:

Security

It should provides many levels of security, ensuring that your business is always under control.

Workstation lock

Unused workstations can be securely locked so that no one can use them without proper authorization from the operator.

Operator profiles

You can create many profiles for your employees with different access rights. Not every one should be able to change crucial options or pricing schemes.

Encrypted data files

All databases used by CafeSuite are encrypted which ensures they can’t be tampered with by unouthorized individuals.

Backups

It’s possible to create backups of data files automatically evey given period of time. Your data will be secure even when your system crashes.

Ease of use

The user interface is clean and feels very natural even to begginers. The integrated help system will guide you in case of any problems.

Customer accounts

It’s should makes it really easy to manage large database of customer accounts. You can create different types of accounts for your customers — time accounts, cash accounts, debt accounts and unlimited accounts. You can assign beneficial charging rates to customer accounts to reward devoted customers.

Customers will be able to log on by themselves using their account ID and password. It’s also possible to create smart, magnetic or barcode cards for your customers, so that a simple scan of their card will log them on.

Reservations

It should provides unique graphical workstation reservation system. Simply select a time period on the workstation chart to create the reservation.

In case of a very big traffic, you’ll appreciate the Waiting queue function, allowing you to manage the waiting list.

Reports and statistics

The software provides you with a range of reports and statistics summarizing your business performance. Starting with very general reports, you can even get a list of all operations performed by your employees minute by minute.

Flexible charging rates

Real strength of the software lies in the flexible charging rates system. You can configure many schemes of pricing, including periodical discounts.

You can assign different charging rates to computer groups, beneficial pricing can be used with customer accounts. You can even create traffic discounts that adjust prices depending on the number of free computers in your cafe.

Support for external devices

You can use barcode scanner, magnetic card or smartcard reader to logon users with accounts and sell products. the software also supports receipt printers for printing receipts and account tickets.

Integration with Printer

The software integrates with Printer allowing you to keep control over your printers. Once a customer prints some pages, the software will notify the operator about that and calculate the charge automatically.

For your information, I’ve waiting the Cafesuite for linux, they said to running the software on linux since 2006 but until now there is nothing at all.

For me I would like to add some features to the above, it should supports diskless terminal client, for now I’ve tested CCL to be able to lock down diskless client. I think I should makes an article or tutorial about it.

According to Linux Journal, one of the widest uses digital distribution management software called Steam a multiplayer and communication platform developed by Valve Corporation, is Officially comes to Linux.