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Sudoku AlternativesSubmitted by kmbarr on August 15, 2007 - 10:37am.
I have to agree with a much echoed sentiment here that this application is not up-to-par with the quality of the other PortableApps.com applications--multiple solutions and guessing at numbers isn't "hard" it's just annoying. Is anyone aware of better alternatives? Maybe a different source we could point John toward in making it portable? I haven't tried many Windows applications for this, but they mostly seem to be not free and not portable. A couple of excellent, free, and open-source projects I have found for other platforms, both written in JAVA, are: Web-based: Sudoku Solver - http://sudoku.sourceforge.net/ ( categories: )
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Neither of which help in finding an alternative.
As has been said, if someone can find a solid open source Sudoku that can be made portable, I'll swap it in... all the complaints don't accomplish anything at all.
Live with purpose.
Didn't Mean to Offend
kmbarr - August 15, 2007 - 9:46pmSorry, John. I was trying to avoid rehashing old complaints, since I realize you're not the author of this program. I was hoping to turn things a little more constructive, and that maybe someone had found something for Windows that you or I hadn't.
There is excellent open source out there, just unfortunately not for the right platform. I think maybe there's a conspiracy to keep it away from the public, led by the publishers of the little books by the grocery store check-out and in the 99-cent stores. They're afraid all the middle-aged women will spread it around faster than Elf Bowling or Neko the Cat and put them out of business.
...but, I do have a different idea: "Neko Portable"
And the answer is...
Gawran - September 27, 2007 - 8:51am... Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection, which includes Sudoku (called Solo), and many other great games.
Web site: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/
Scroll down and download them all in puzzles.zip.