linuX-gamers
live.linuX‑gamers.net (often just called linuX‑gamers) is a gaming‑focused Linux distribution designed to boot and play directly from removable media such as a CD, DVD, or USB drive—no installation required. It was built on top of Arch Linux to provide a minimal desktop environment centered around games rather than productivity software. The idea was to create a portable “boot‑and‑play” arcade full of native Linux games that could run on almost any x86 PC with sufficient resources.
The distribution was available in multiple editions, including a Lite ISO/CD with a smaller selection of games and a Big ISO/DVD containing a much larger library of open‑source titles (see below), plus support for proprietary ATI/NVIDIA drivers. The most recent release known was version 0.9.7 from May 2011.
Included games:
- Armagetron Advanced - Tron-like
- AstroMenace - space shooter
- Blobby Volley 2 - beach ball
- Chromium B.S.U. - space shooter
- Extreme Tux Racer - downhill racing
- foobillard - billard
- Frozen Bubble - puzzle
- LBreakout2 - Breakout-like, puzzle
- LTris - Tetris-like
- Neverball - puzzle
- Neverputt - minigolf
- Osmos (demo) - ambient puzzle
- Pingus - Lemmings-like, puzzle
- Secret Maryo Chronicles - jump and run
- Teeworlds - action
- World of Goo (Demo) - puzzle
- XMoto - motocross
- Zaz - puzzle
- Frets On Fire - music
- MegaGlest - real-time strategy
- Hedgewars - Worms-like, artillery
- LinCity-NG - city planner
- Mars Shooter - space shooter
- Nexuiz - first person shooter
- OpenLieroX - action
- OpenTTd - industry planner
- Scorched 3D - artillery
- Speed Dreams - driving simulation
- SuperTuxKart - kart racing
- Tremulous - first person shooter
- Urban Terror - first person shooter
- Warsow - first person shooter
- Warzone 2100 - real-time stategy
- Wesnoth - turn-based strategy, fantasy
- Widelands - real-time strategy
Links: homepage [archived]
