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?

    • SolidShake@lemmy.world
      642·
      3 days 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
          118·
          3 days ago

          Is terminal code not…code?

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

          • apftwb@lemmy.world
            11·
            3 days 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
            10·
            3 days 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.

          • communism@lemmy.ml
            7·
            3 days ago

            Commands are normally not considered “code” on their own. Someone who just runs commands on their computer to get a few operations done will normally not learn any programming constructs or concepts. If you’re doing shell scripting that usually crosses the line into code as you’d be using if statements, for loops, etc, which you normally don’t use if you’re just moving files around or whatever in the shell.

        • SolidShake@lemmy.world
          19·
          3 days ago

          Dude inise Linux, have a long time…windows is just easier. Then Mac after that and then Linux. The whole community wants everyone to switch to Linux but then screams at you because you don’t want to type 3 paragraphs in a terminal to get one program to open.

          If you want to search only local files for windows. You just go that file and search.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
    17·
    3 days 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
      1·
      2 days 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)

  • e0qdk@reddthat.com
    12·
    3 days 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.

  • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
    11·
    3 days ago

    As others said there’s a command, but pretty sure you can just right click and click “Mount” without bringing up terminal