Welcome!

Extreme Tux Racer is an open-source downhill racing game starring Tux, the Linux mascot. It follows in the path of Tux Racer and its derivatives. Download Now!

06/10/10 - New Forum and other Exciting News

As many might have noticed when going to the forums for support, we were having an issue with spam-bots. As a result, we have decided to move to a new forum*, hosted on Sourceforge. This signals the beginning of a new direction for ETR, with Erin developing the new code branch. The new forum requires a Sourceforge account to post on; however you can log in with OpenID, or post in the "Guests" section without an account. When the new code-base has been adopted we will also be moving to a new, better-organized wiki.

We need all the help we can get with the project, so if you have skills to volunteer, please post on the forum.

*The old forum is still accessible for archive purposes until we decide how to best transfer the information on it.

02/02/09 - Beta Release

0.5 beta is out, caution, it's beta. See the forum topic for more info.

10/18/08 - Better IRC

Chatting with the developers of ETR is now easier than ever. Just click the chat tab at the top of your screen, type in a nickname and chat. Our channel now has a dedicated bot to make sure that it doesn't get taken. So come on over and join the conversation.

10/3/08 - Developers Needed

Extreme Tux Racer needs developers, simple as that, in order to stay alive. If you're interested, please post in our forums.Thanks!

3/21/08 - Now in Ubuntu Universe Repo

After missing the deadline to get into the last release, we finally made it this time! The universe repository for Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) includes Extreme Tux Racer. If you're running the beta version of Hardy open a terminal and type sudo apt-get install extremetuxracer to install the game. We hope eventually to become a replacement for the simultaneously available planetpenguin-racer packages.

2/5/08 - Launchpad Project

We now have a Launchpad project, which makes it much easier to report bugs. Go to launchpad.net/etracer to report a bug.

1/17/08 - Version 0.4 has arrived!

This new version of Extreme Tux Racer includes better graphics, a cleaner slicker ui, all new courses and more! Source and binary download links are available here.

12/19/07 - New Course Upload Site

As many of you know, the Tux Racer course upload site: tuxracer.fubaby.com stopped accepting new courses recently. However a new course submission forum has been set up. Check out the courses section in the menu at the top of the site.

9/22/07 - Extreme Tux Racer 0.35 Released!

Extreme Tux Racer is an open source racing game featuring Tux the Linux Penguin. ETRacer continues in the tracks of Tux Racer and its forks.

And now, we present to you with the initial release of Extreme Tux Racer, brought to you by a new team of developers. While there is the addition of a new campaign and a few bug fixes here and there, our main goal with this release is to break in our new name and team. Expect to see ETRacer in the repositories for various distros soon.

Over the next day we will be rolling out several Linux builds, as well as a Windows build. Please see our download page. Once you've downloaded and played the game, feel free to come on over to the forums and tell us your opinions, suggest a feature, report a bug. Everyone's welcome.

9/12/07 - Extreme Tux Racer Release Date

Our release date for version 0.35 has been set for September 22nd. This release is mainly to break in the new name, and the new team, and to get into the repositories for various distros. We will be working hard over the next few months to truly improve while continuing the Tux Racer legacy.