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ggz(7)				GGZ Gaming Zone				ggz(7)

NAME
       ggz - The GGZ Gaming Zone

DESCRIPTION
       The GGZ Gaming Zone is a standards-conforming online gaming infrastruc‐
       ture which provides many applications and games to people who  like  to
       play  on	 the  internet or in local networks.  GGZ, how the (recursive)
       acronym is called, is available for many computer systems.  This	 docu‐
       ment focuses on the installations on Linux, BSD and Unix.

APPLICATIONS
       There  isn't a single executable named ggz, instead a multitude of pro‐
       grams is available to the user, and even more which operate on the sys‐
       tem  level  or  are  used by developers and administrators.  Users will
       most likely want to connect to a GGZ server on the  internet,  such  as
       ggz://live.ggzgamingzone.org, to play games against other people.  Core
       clients are used to perform this task. Functional clients exist in  the
       form of kggz for the K Desktop Environment (KDE), ggz-gnome and ggz-gtk
       for GNOME or XFCE users, and ggz-txt for people who prefer command-line
       applications.  Of course, the clients are not bound to a specific desk‐
       top, but the choices above will likely be influenced by	the  level  of
       integration.  A client under development is the SDL-based víbora.

       Special	clients	 exist	in the form of ggzap, a quick-launcher for the
       KDE panel, and ggz-wrapper which is used for launching GGZ  games  from
       instant messenger applications.

GAMES
       Games  are  usually launched by the GGZ server, with corresponding game
       clients running on the user's desktop. Plenty of	 games	are  available
       for  GGZ,  most	of them coming from the GGZ project itself but several
       independent game projects do now provide GGZ support.  Game clients are
       implemented  using  multiple  toolkits, some of which stem from certain
       desktop environments. However, all games work equally  well  under  all
       desktops, it's just a matter of personal choice which of them are to be
       installed - having all of them is just fine.

       While some GGZ game clients are suited for online gaming	 only,	others
       also run locally like normal games happen to do. Those will be found in
       the desktop's application menu.

FILES
       The following layout can vary from site to site, depending on the  com‐
       pleteness  of  a GGZ installation and the operating system distribution
       in use.	It adheres to the File Hierarchy Standard  (FHS)  as  much  as
       possible.

       /usr/bin
	      GGZ  applications,  tools,  and  the  games which provide single
	      player mode.

       /usr/lib/ggz(d)
	      GGZ game clients and servers.

       /usr/share/ggz(d)
	      Data files for game clients and servers.

       /etc/ggz.modules
	      Game module registry for game clients.

       /etc/ggzd
	      Configuration for the  GGZ  server,  including  rooms  and  game
	      types.

CONFORMING TO
       GGZ    Design   Document	  and	Protocol   Reference,	available   at
       http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/docs/design/

       GGZ Client-Client Protocol Reference, available	at  http://www.ggzgam‐
       ingzone.org/docs/design/clientspec/

       GGZ  Server-Server  Protocol Reference, available at http://www.ggzgam‐
       ingzone.org/docs/design/serverspec/

       Freedesktop.org specifications for desktop  integration	of  games  and
       applications, more information at http://www.freedesktop.org/

       File   Hierarchy	  Standard  for	 unix-derived  operating  systems,  at
       http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

AUTHORS
       The GGZ Development Team <ggz-dev@mail.ggzgamingzone.org>

SEE ALSO
       kggz(6), ggz-gtk(6), ggz-txt(6), ggz-java(6)

The GGZ Development Team	    0.0.14				ggz(7)
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