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Are there any linux typing tutor games which are enjoyable games in their own right?

I'm a computer professional, but have never learned to type properly. I also don't want my kids to pick up my bad habits! The kids are okay with TuxTyping, for a time. Something like Typing of the Dead sounds great, but is Windows only, and as far as I can tell one of a kind. I also don't want the young'uns hooked on first person shooters just yet.

So are there any quality typing games for a range of ages?

Jorge Castro
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matt wilkie
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Have you tried playing Typing of the Dead using wine? It has a gold rating which means it should run fine.

Isaiah
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If you don't mind online flash games, I find Typer Shark to be pretty enjoyable. It's best if you've already done typing tutorials "properly" to give you an idea of what you should be doing, but is a very good way to practice.

Roger Light
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This is the best typing game I've ever played http://phoboslab.org/ztype/

KI4JGT
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OMG! Words!

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OMG! Words! is free, cheesy and somewhat addictive. Better still it’s easy to play.If you have an internet connection OMG! Words! will pull glean a list of words from recent posts for you to ‘battle’ against (If you don’t have an internet connection then it just uses magic).

From OMG!Ubuntu!

Installation

Add the PPA ppa:tommybrunn/omgwords and ppa:bartbes/love-stable To your Software Sources (Here's how to do that) and install omgwords from the Software Center.

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Lincity
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I recommend freshmeat

karthick87
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While using games to improve typing for the kids may be a good idea, I still feel that you shouldn't neglect the basics. There are a number of typing tutors for Linux. A couple of really good ones include TIPP10 http://www.tipp10.com/en/ and KTouch http://ktouch.sourceforge.net/

There are a number of Web based sources that are also available. A good one you can try is Touch Typing School http://www.touchtypingschool.com/ The site has a couple of game based typing tutors available, one based on Tetris and the other on Arkenoid/Breakout.

Hope this was helpful.

N.C. Weber
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I tried several programs: GNU Typist - very ugly :) Just a console

I like "Klavaro". Looks pretty, interface is quite good. Also KTouch for KDE. Don't like it, but this software has some bonuses: e.g. typing diagram.

But now I prefer on-line services. There are a lot of game for kids and not only for kids. 10fastfingers.com or http://keyboard-racing.com.

Alexions
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