Where To Get Help For SuperGamer
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Drop by the forum to get help, talk about Linux or just hang out.
And be sure to visit the SuperGamer forum as well. There is also a SuperGamer live chat page you can check out too. Since SuperGamer is based on VectorLinux you may also want to check out the VectorLinux forum too.
Final Thoughts & Who Should Use It
SuperGamer is a great addition to the remastered distro collection of any intermediate or advanced Linux user. It’s well worth a download even given it’s large file size. Linux gamers in particular should probably consider this a must-have given the level of convenience in having all of its games right at their fingertips in a Live CD.
I’m somewhat less bullish on recommending it for total beginners to Linux as it may require a bit more configuration with certain hardware than some of the non-gaming desktop distributions. Still, if you are a beginner and you want to give it a shot then go for it. Since it’s a Live DVD you don’t have to make changes to your hard disk in order to run the games on the disc.
Don’t forget that you need a dual layer DVD to burn SuperGamer to a disc. Make sure that your computer can handle dual layer DVDs before you bother to download SuperGamer.
Summary Table:
| Product: | SuperGamer |
| Web Site: | http://supergamer.org/ |
| Price: | Free (Donations Are Welcome) |
| Pros: | Great selection of games combined with a usable desktop environment. |
| Cons: | Installation might be daunting for newbies depending on their hardware and experience. Sound configuration could be better. |
| Suitable For: | Intermediate and advanced users. Adventuresome beginners may want to give it a shot anyway since it can be run as a Live CD and won’t require changes to their hard disk in order to run games. |
| Summary: | Another good option for Linux gamers that provides a great selection of games and a genuinely usable desktop distribution based on VectorLinux. |
| Rating: | 3.5/5 |
(4 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)
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Well, I’m not a gaming fan, and I have also never created a dual layer DVD – though I have used a few of them from Linux Format (UK) mags and they are great. That’s where I first got to try Virtualbox OSE and it convinced me that I was “missing out on something”.
I have used Vector Linux before, and so has my eight year old son, who would probably be the target if I were to give a distro like this a try. I might be more inclined to go to a fast order DVD shop though and just plunk down a few bucks (as long as it wasn’t more than a few bucks) to get this distro.
Chances are that I will pass on this one since it just isn’t my style. You did, however, Jim, make this an interesting review, interesting enough to make me wonder, “Am I missing out on something?” ;-) Well, I’ll resist, but it was a good review, thanks!
“won’t get the full version of Ultimate Tournament 2004″
Should that not read “Unreal Tournament”? and, although I like th econtent of your interview, I don’t think you did it justice. Having no sound on 2 machines in a gaming distro is more than a little bug. I would have rather you’d worked out how to fix it and posted that as well.
Homer wrote:
Thanks for catching that goof on UT, Homer. It’s pretty funny since I used to play it all the time. I think I had a brain fart when I was writing that part of the review.
As far as the sound goes, I was not able to get it working. I did try but it may have been a problem with the macs, I’m just not sure.
Brian Masinick wrote:
Brian,
Well it might be worth downloading it if you can burn a dual layer DVD. But if you really aren’t interested in gaming then this is probably a remastered distro you can pass on.
But I’m sure there are some gamers that will like it.
Heh, heh. Yeah, good point dragonmouth. It’s cutting edge and retro at the same time.
Would an 8GB Flash drive and Unetbootin work for this?
I thought this was based on Puppy when I saw those text config screens, the only place I’ve seen those in the last 4 years.
Monty
Why make this a dual-layer exclusive? I’m interested but would rather have a volume 1 and volume 2 that I can burn straight away, without having to presumably buy a single DL disc from a local computer shop at an inflated price (don’t want to buy bulk).
The author has limited the popularity of his release.
I am an example. I downloaded it. Failed to burn the disk (k3b was not good at all at telling why). I then gave up. My son’s machine is running LMDE now. It will likely stay that way to.
Better than a second disk is a nice repo where I can download what I want, when I want.