Two reasons I game exclusively on Linux

[spelk]

Most distros allow for a USB boot instead of Live CD.

Look at Unetbootin and download whatever live iso you want and write it as bootable to your USB stick.

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

[vyshka]

How well would Linux work running from a usb 3 flash drive?  I have a 64 gb one I bought and then never used for anything.  I'd like to mess around with Linux, but I don't want to fool around partitioning my main computer.

Thanks.

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/


My initial install of Linux was to an Iomega Jaz drive connected with a parallel port cable. :) It was slow, but it beat having to commute to school to go to the computer lab that summer.

[Staggerwing]

AFA gaming goes, GOG.com's product page lets you sort games by system and has both Ubuntu14 and Mint17 sort options

http://www.gog.com/games##sort=bestselling&page=1

[Huw the Poo]

Yeah, and of course Steam also does this.  Also isthereanydeal.com has finally added platform filtering which is very useful.

[Staggerwing]

I didn't realize steam allowed you to sort by flavor as well. Unless I counted wrong (still need my 2nd coffee :)) ) in the GOG list there seem to be slightly more titles for Mint than Ubuntu.

[Huw the Poo]

I think that refers to the distro they specifically support, but if I recall correctly they provide a tarball and deb and rpm packages for users of other distros.  Really cool of them to do that. :)

[RedArgo]

Most distros allow for a USB boot instead of Live CD.

Look at Unetbootin and download whatever live iso you want and write it as bootable to your USB stick.

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/


My initial install of Linux was to an Iomega Jaz drive connected with a parallel port cable. :) It was slow, but it beat having to commute to school to go to the computer lab that summer.

Thanks guys, I used the pendrivelinux, the other program kept bombing in the middle of the install.  I was able to fire up my old laptop to the linux desktop.  It doesn't see the wireless connections so I'll have to look into that.

[Huw the Poo]

I was able to fire up my old laptop to the linux desktop.  It doesn't see the wireless connections so I'll have to look into that.

That's a bit unlucky; I never use wireless but it's my understanding that even on a live disc everything should work out of the box.  Probably an issue with your specific wireless card and the distro you chose.  Try the distro's support forum; someone's bound to have asked the question already.

[Huw the Poo]

Hey, Windows users!  How long does it take to update your graphics driver?  Just to the nearest hour will do.  Do you get that clunky old "Geforce Experience" fumbling about and doing its best to make your life a misery?  Some people go to the manufacturer's website and click through a million ad-laden pages trying (hoping) to find the right driver for their card.  Or do you do it the old fashioned way, via Windows, maybe go have your dinner while it does its thing, then uninstall the old driver, restart your PC once or twice, blah blah blah.  Let me tell you what it's like as a Linux user.



Oh, look!  A graphics driver update!  I'll just click that inviting install button shall I?  The window goes away, and six minutes and thirty six seconds later it's all done.  You wouldn't even know anything's changed.  I certainly didn't have to restart, I didn't even have to log out.  It's just there, installed seamlessly.

:P

[sandman2575]

Now you're just rubbing it in, Huw.

[MC]

I haven't had a bad experience at all updating Nvidia drivers on my Windows PC the last couple of years. I have a Windows 7 PC and a Windows 8.1 PC. On both computers the Geforce Experience sits in my tray and alerts me when a new driver is available. It automatically downloads the driver I need and then I will usually do a custom install since I don't need the 3D or the audio drivers. I also check a box to do a clean install and then I send it on its way. No reboot is necessary even on a clean driver install. I timed it tonight after the download and the install options were set and it was a 3 minute process. I don't think it could be much easier. Now if I went back 3 or more years to do this it would be a different story.

[Huw the Poo]

Well I'm glad to hear it MC.  That's never been my experience in Windows though, and I've almost always used nVidia cards.