Besides the lack of Start menu, one of the most stark differences between Ubuntu and Windows is the way software (be it applications, drivers or games) is installed.
While this is changing on Windows, many users are still used to downloading software from (sometimes questionable) websites in the form of an executable (or compressed executable) bundle. While things on Ubuntu (and other flavours of Linux) can be installed this way, the de rigueur way to install software is direct from Ubuntu’s repositories. This way, you can be sure that what you’re getting is what it’s supposed to be, and it will work with everything else installed there.
Bring back Mines (and other classic Gnome games) in a couple of clicks.
The App Center is your gateway to these repositories, so let’s explore how the process works by installing something. One change Canonical has introduced for this outing is that Minesweeper and Solitaire-type games are no longer installed by default. Let’s change this by installing Gnome Mines. Open the App Center, search for gnome mines from the top bar and hit Install. Within moments, that button changes to read Open and you can waste some time finding explosive ordnance. Again, this is all happening in the ephemeral live environment, and isn’t making any changes to your system (or the USB you’re installing from). So, feel free to install anything else, just bear in mind there isn’t much space in the live install (it’s a 2GB filesystem that lives in memory). So, you can’t install anything heavy like Steam.