I am an absolute Linux baby running Mint23(?) on my PC. I wanted to play an ancient game from my childhood that I cherished but I don’t really know how to get it off the Internet Archive onto my computer.

The game

Any suggestions?

  • e0qdk@reddthat.com
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    1 month ago

    As others have noted, you can use the mount command from the terminal. On Mint, you should also be able to use the Disks utility that ships with the OS if you’d prefer to use a GUI.

  • Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
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    1 month ago

    The mount terminal command should work. But I’d expect you should be able to right-click an .iso file and mount it that way too. I’m not on Linux Mint but can confirm with GNOME on Debian it’s easy enough to right-click the .iso file and select “Open With Disk Image Mounter”, Cinnamon on Linux Mint should be able to do the same or similar.

    Also keep mind you’re probably going to need to do more than just mount a .iso disc image if you want to play an old Windows game on Linux. There’s a few ways to go about that but I’m not too familiar on the best approach when you’re not running Windows games through Steam.

    • SolidShake@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      “Linux is for everyone! No need to learn anything new” lmao.

      You should need to learn code to open a file imo.

      Most distros you can just open it, like on Mac.

        • SolidShake@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          Is terminal code not…code?

          The biggest put off to Linux is the absolute shit community it has

          • apftwb@lemmy.world
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            1 month ago

            Is terminal code not…code?

            N-no?

            Its a program/command called mount that takes in command line arguments. The program is documented (in overwhelming detail) in the manual which is accessible online or using the program man (man mount)

            The reason someone would recommened that command over the GUI is its universally installed on all Linux machines. OP said they were using Linux Mint. There are several Linux Mint distributions with different Desktop Managers (MATE/Cinnamon/Xfce) that all have different workflows of mounting an ISO file. mount is universal.

          • FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world
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            1 month ago

            This is just invoking a command, it’s basically the same as double-clicking a .exe in Windows, just without a mouse. There’s no need to “learn coding” to do this. Coding involves complex logic; this doesn’t.

            The biggest put off to Linux is the absolute shit community it has

            Have you ever given it a shot? Most Linux users I’ve encountered are very friendly. Yes, there are some boards (like Arch forums) where people get pissy at noobs; however Arch isn’t a noob-friendly distro, in contrast to Mint/openSUSE etc.

            Attitude matters as well; if you start off by shitting on stuff you have limited knowledge of, you won’t get a friendly response.

      • timroerstroem@feddit.dk
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        1 month ago

        You probably know this already, but I thought I’d just mention here for OP and others: That’s what the # at the beginning of the command implies (the command needs to be run as root), commands that can be run as a normal user are often denoted by $.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    If you’re on Mint 23, just open up the file browser and double click the file, entering your password when prompted.

    If you’ve got isos set to open as archives instead of auto mount, right click and select mount image from the menu.

    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 month ago

      Unimportant nitpick: Linux Mint 22.3 was released this week. There is no Mint 23 yet.

      (it was OP’s mistake but they at least added “(?)” to indicate they weren’t sure)