Why is there no BluRay version of the linuX-gamers' Live-Disc that is crammed full of flash and open source games?

[TheGuyWhoLovesChill]

Whenever I was abit down or just needed that ‘Lets spin up a disc’ for the hell of it, feeling - I used to have a spare copy of linuX-gamers DVD lying around and would play it live till I maxed out the RAM memory on me old laptop.

I miss those days.
even on USB.

My question is this … Why can’t you have a BluRay version that is crammed full of emulated, wrapped and flash-games , so that one can just enjoy the disc ? Why is a Linux distribution on a BluRay not even considered by the community ? What are the technological bottlenecks that prohibit people from using a BDrom disc (BluRay disc) ?

I guess it’s a question that I always wanted answering since BluRay’s came out of the shops.

Unfortunately live.linux-gamers never did each V1.0, but if they had, I would have donated gladly.

[b1ackcr0w]

I suspect there’s a one word answer to that. Steam.

[neuro]

My question is this … Why can’t you have a BluRay version that is crammed full of emulated, wrapped and flash-games , so that one can just enjoy the disc ? Why is a Linux distribution on a BluRay not even considered by the community ? What are the technological bottlenecks that prohibit people from using a BDrom disc (BluRay disc) ?

Because Internet. Also, how many people have BD-ROM drives?

[TheGuyWhoLovesChill]

Right, Ok I hear you. But I don’t always want to-be online - I meant this as a totally offline experience.

And for 50 bucks you can buy a BluRay drive anyways, and I’ve already spent far in excess of that on things like Humblebundle.

One thing this post taught me … don’t mess with the steam-heads.

Lastly the only reason I use Humblebundle is so that I have 100+ games for $20 for me and some friends; so when an actual SteamBox does get left on the doorstep (probably abandoned by it’s former owner like an disregarded offspring - and if that doesn’t happen, with the backlash of how awful the product might be after the long wait, - I shall buy one on ebay), I’ll have games to play on it for next to nothing.

Offline is what chill is to me.

[rossk]

Why can’t you have a BluRay version that is crammed full of emulated, wrapped and flash-games , so that one can just enjoy the disc ?

Since the project you linked to seems to have stalled, I think that answer is that someone needs to do it. I don’t think there’s any “can’t”. Perhaps the internet in general (and the S-word in particular) means there isn’t enough interest to sustain the project.

Why is a Linux distribution on a BluRay not even considered by the community ? What are the technological bottlenecks that prohibit people from using a BDrom disc (BluRay disc) ?

My guess is that it has less to do with technological bottlenecks, and more about it being high-effort, low reward.

What would the advantage be? Even if your intent was a live distro, filled with (Free Software) games-- will it be bigger than 9GB?

Is a “BluRay” linux distribution just an ISO bigger than the maximum capacity of a DVD? Even if it existed, I bet more people would install it on a USB drive, than burn it to an optical disk.