I found out Freespace 2 was released as open source some time ago. I had two of the discs, but since I did not have the first and all were unpatched, I purchased it cheaply from Good Ol’ Games. After some hours of frustration, I got it installed.

The thing I am learning about Linux gaming is that there is room for independent developers. It’s true there’s still a lot of clones and ports of older games (including open source game engine alternatives), but there are a few new games coming out from indie developers.