MIA GameOn Light For Linux

MIA GameOn Light is an open source, fast and lightweight distribution of Linux derived from the world’s most popular free operating system, Ubuntu, and designed from the offset to be used for gaming and multimedia purposes. It is actually based off of Lubuntu.

The operating system can be downloaded from its official website or via Softpedia as a dual-arch and hybrid Live DVD ISO images, which has been engineered to support 64-bit and 32-bit computers. It must be written on a single-layer DVD disc or a USB thumb drive of 4GB or higher capacity in order to boot it from the BIOS of a PC.

The Live DVD boot menu offers standard boot options, such as the ability to start the live system with the default kernel or in safe graphics mode using the xforcevesa driver, start the installer directly, perform a system memory diagnostic test, as well as to boot an existing OS from the local drive.

Despite the fact that is derived from the Lubuntu Linux distribution, MIA GameOn Light offers a modern and attractive desktop experience comprised of a dock (application launcher) and a clean interface. The dock can also be used as a task manager and allows you to interact with system functions.

Default applications include the Shutter screen capture program, Disks disk management utility, Leafpad text editor, mtPaint graphic editor, Xpad note-taking app, AbiWord word processor, Gnumeric spreadsheet editor, Audacious and Clementine audio players, GNOME MPlayer video player, XBMC Media Center, VLC Media Player, Google Chrome web browser, Pidgin IM client, Sylpheed email client and Transmission torrent downloader.

The best feature of MIA GameOn Light is the great selection of games. Among the most popular ones, we can mention Armagetron Advanced, Bloboats, OpenArena, Hedgewars, SuperTux 2, SuperTuxKart, Teeworlds, Warzone 2100, TORCS, Unknown Horizons and Slime Volley. The PlayOnLinux and Wine applications are also installed for those who want to play Windows games.