---
name: "ace_solitaire"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "ace-of-penguins"
version: "1.2-8"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ace_of_penguins"
---

# ace\_solitaire(6)

Solitaire-games with penguin-look.

Part of [ace\_of\_penguins(6)](/ace_of_penguins/6.md).

## NAME

ace\_of\_penguins - Solitaire-games with penguin-look.

## SYNOPSIS

**ace\_canfield**\
 **ace\_freecell**\
 **ace\_golf**\
 **ace\_mastermind**\
 **ace\_merlin**\
 **ace\_minesweeper**\
 **ace\_pegged**\
 **ace\_solitaire**\
 **ace\_taipei**\
 **ace\_taipedit**\
 **ace\_thornq**

## DESCRIPTION

From the author's intro.html:

The Ace of Penguins is a set of Unix/X solitaire games based on the ones available for Windows(tm) but with a number of enhancements that make my wife like my versions better :-)

- **ace\_canfield**

  - **ace\_freecell**

  - **ace\_solitaire**

  - **ace\_thornq**

  solitary card-games

- **ace\_golf**

  annother solitray card-game

- **ace\_mastermind**

  guess a secret combination of colors

- **ace\_merlin**

  classical puzzle, rather frustrating :-)

- **ace\_minesweeper**

  find all hidden mines in a minefield

- **ace\_pegged**

  classical board game

- **ace\_taipei**

  asian puzzle, remove pairs of equal stones

- **ace\_taipedit**

  editor for your own **ace\_taipei** levels

## KEYS

All games use the same library of functions and thus the same keys:

- **F1**

  online help

- **Esc/Q**

  leave the game

## NOTES

The upstream author DJ Delorie has written an informative webpage which is installed in /usr/share/doc/ace-of-penguins/intro.html

The binaries were renamed to **ace\_\*** because the old names polluted the namespace.

## BUGS

If you encounter any bugs in this package, please report them to the Debian Bug Tracking System at http://bugs.debian.org/.

## AUTHOR

DJ Delorie, some programs by Martin Thornquist

Manpage written by Thimo Neubauer \<thimo@debian.org\>