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Posted August 19, 2014
50 games for the free OS available right NOW!

A while ago, [url=http://www.gog.com/news/gogcom_soon_on_more_platforms]we've announced our plans to add Linux support as one of the features of our digital platform, with 100 games on the launch day sometime this fall. We've put much time and effort into this project and now we've found ourselves with over 50 titles, classic and new, prepared for distribution, site infrastructure ready, support team trained and standing by, and absolutely no reason to wait until October or November. We're still aiming to have at least 100 Linux games in the coming months, but we've decided not to delay the launch just for the sake of having a nice-looking number to show off to the press. It's not about them, after all, it's about you. So, one of the most popular site feature requests on our community wishlist is granted today: Linux support has officially arrived on GOG.com!

The first 50+ titles we've have in store for you come from all the corners of our DRM-Free catalog. Note that we've got many classic titles coming officially to Linux for the very first time, thanks to the custom builds prepared by our dedicated team of penguin tamers. That's over twenty fan-favorite GOG.com classics, like &[url=http://www.gog.com/game/flatout_2]Flatout 2, , <a href="http://www.gog.com/game/darklands">Darklands, or Realms of the Haunting we've personally ushered one by one into the welcoming embrace of Linux gamers. That's already quite a nice chunk of our back-catalog, and you can expect more from our dedicated Linux team soon!

Now, for the recent titles. We've got some indie games with native Linux versions that finally find their well-deserved spot in our store. Among them, debuting on Linux, - a well received original comedic Sci-Fi puzzler. On top of that, be on the lookout for two new additions to the GOG.com catalog: [url=http://www.gog.com/game/gods_will_be_watching]Gods Will Be Watching (coming in a couple of hours) and Unrest:Special Edition (Linux build coming right up!), both of them very fresh and intriguing. This is the very first time we can provide you with all the PC versions of a premiere game, and we will continue to do so in the future. If there's a Linux version of a title we're releasing, our aim is to deliver it to you Day-1. But enough about us, let's talk about the games. Here's what you can be playing on Linux today:

Anomaly Warzone Earth
Ascendant
Bionic Dues
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold - first time on Linux!
Blake Stone: Planet Strike - first time on Linux!
Bloodnet - first time on Linux!
Braveland
CLARC - first time on Linux!
Darklands - first time on Linux!
Darwinia
Defcon
Don't Starve + DLC
Dragonsphere - first time on Linux!
Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition
FlatOut - first time on Linux!
Flatout 2 - first time on Linux!
Fragile Allegiance - first time on Linux!
Gemini Rue
Gods Will Be Watching
Hammerwatch
Hocus Pocus - first time on Linux!
Kentucky Route Zero
The Last Federation
Legend of Grimrock
Litil Divil - first time on Linux!
Long Live the Queen
MouseCraft
Multiwinia
Normality - first time on Linux!
Pinball Gold Pack - first time on Linux!
Pinball World - first time on Linux!
Pirates! Gold Plus - first time on Linux!
Realms of the Haunting - first time on Linux!
Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender - first time on Linux!
Rise of the Triad: Dark War - first time on Linux!
Shattered Haven
The Shivah HD
Sid Meier's Colonization - first time on Linux!
Sid Meier's Covert Action - first time on Linux!
Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Slipstream 5000 - first time on Linux!
Space Pirates and Zombies
Spacechem
Stargunner - first time on Linux!
SteamWorld Dig
Super Hexagon
Surgeon Simulator 2013
Sword of the Samurai - first time on Linux!
Teslagrad
Unrest:Special Edition (Linux build on the way!)
Uplink
VVVVVV

As if this wasn't exciting enough, we've put more than half of these titles on a special promo! Head out to the promo page and find out which of them you can get up to 75% off until Tuesday, 9:59AM GMT. Of course, all of the games from the list above that you already own will be updated with Linux versions with no additional cost for you, just as you might have expected from GOG.com.

"OK, but how will Linux support actually work on GOG.com" - you might ask. For both native Linux versions, as well as special builds prepared by our team, GOG.com will provide distro-independent tar.gz archives and support convenient DEB installers for the two most popular Linux distributions: Ubuntu and Mint, in their current and future LTS editions. Helpful and responsive customer support has always been an important part of the GOG.com gaming experience. We wouldn't have it any other way when it comes to Linux, and starting today our helpdesk offers support for our official Linux releases on Ubuntu and Mint systems.

Diversity and freedom of choice have always been an important part of the GOG.com way. We're very glad that we could improve our service with the addition of the free (and DRM-Free) alternative to the commercial operating systems. Talking with gamers is just as important, so we're counting on your feedback! If you've got any questions, suggestions, or run into any trouble, just tell us in the forum thread below this post. Just please be gentle, this is [url=http://youtu.be/qBxbPts5tOk" target="_blank]our very first time[/url] with Linux. Happy launch day, everyone!
Posted July 24, 2014
While I appreciate the addition of DosBox versions, I'm most interested in the native Linux releases. Shadowrun Returns should have been included in this batch. Someone poke HBS to get on this.
Post edited July 24, 2014 by jalister
Posted July 24, 2014
I can't install any games, it won't let me use the downloader. What gives?
Posted July 24, 2014
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JudasIscariot: I don't know why it is a requirement, just that it has to be agreed upon :)
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shmerl: I mean, why would rightholders require it. But I guess it's just the case and lawyers from the owners side put all that copyright restrictions junk about supported platforms in contracts to make everyone's life harder. (Lawyers are paid for new contracts, so I guess that can be the reason ;).
I used to deal with copyright law (albeit Polish one) on a daily basis a few years ago, so let me tell you this. Any legal contract has to be as specific as possible. For example, if you want to sign a contract for publishing a book, you not only need, but, as an author, you WANT to specify all of the possible fields of exploitation. You give the publisher rights to sell your book in print and in (i.e.) english language only, so that they cannot go behind your back and make money off (i.e.;) a digitized Portugese version without you being properly compensated.

Not only that, a contract can be challenged in a court of law if the fields of exploitation are not clearly enumerated. You can't just say "I hereby grant exclusive rights to sell a piece of work on ALL fields of exploitation", you have to clearly state which ones. There were a couple of cases in Polish courts about that very matter.

And right holders are sometimes very protective of their intellectual property, they want control over how it is distributed and what image it paints (and how much money it makes).

So in the end we have to clear every game for Linux on a case by case basis, and that takes time ;)
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JoeyJoeJoe87: I can't install any games, it won't let me use the downloader. What gives?
GOG Downloader is not available for use in case of Linux games, even if you try to download it from a Windows or OS X platform. It is due to some technical constraints on our part, sorry.
Post edited July 24, 2014 by Tolya
Posted July 24, 2014
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JoeyJoeJoe87: I can't install any games, it won't let me use the downloader. What gives?
There is no downloader for Linux. Switch it off in the web interface and use the browser.
Posted July 24, 2014
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shmerl: Sounds like paranoid copyright. I saw some quite horrible examples of licenses obviously driven by such logic. At least one can read them in a funny way :)
Paranoia is the standard modus operandi in drafting legal contracts ;)
Posted July 24, 2014
Wonderful news! Even though I killed my Linux partition a while ago because I was running out of HD space :p Ah, but soon I'll have a new drive in need of filling... with Linux GOG games!

An Ubuntu logo makes sense, since that's the operating system that GOG's claiming to support, but the logo really doesn't scale that far down. This is probably the smallest you can get away with:
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Post edited July 24, 2014 by Barefoot_Monkey
Posted July 24, 2014
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Darvond: Question: I'm a madman and using Fedora Linux, rather than a Debian, how screwed am I?
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IAmSinistar: Another thing is that a member here mentioned alien as a possible solution - it converts DEBs to RPMs, among other things. I've not used it myself, but it could help.

As I said earlier, I think once you hammer out the basic dependencies then you should be able to use the game tarballs to get things going afterwards.
I probably shouldn't have any trouble anyway, the only game on that list that interests me is Colonization and Wine already works with Uru.
Posted July 24, 2014
Thanks GOG. This really was missing.
Linux and DRM Free fits together.

At last I can buy indie games here.
Posted July 24, 2014
THANK YOU GOG

I don't even use Linux and this puts a smile to my face
Posted July 24, 2014
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shmerl: See this wishlist entry.
Thanks! Voted.
Posted July 24, 2014
The tiny little Ubuntu logo is too small compared to the Windows and Mac logos and doesn't look right. Maybe try just the Circle of Friends logo without the background circle? And make it as big as the Win and Mac logos.
Posted July 24, 2014
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Tolya: I used to deal with copyright law (albeit Polish one) on a daily basis a few years ago, so let me tell you this. Any legal contract has to be as specific as possible. For example, if you want to sign a contract for publishing a book, you not only need, but, as an author, you WANT to specify all of the possible fields of exploitation. You give the publisher rights to sell your book in print and in (i.e.) english language only, so that they cannot go behind your back and make money off (i.e.;) a digitized Portugese version without you being properly compensated.

Not only that, a contract can be challenged in a court of law if the fields of exploitation are not clearly enumerated. You can't just say "I hereby grant exclusive rights to sell a piece of work on ALL fields of exploitation", you have to clearly state which ones. There were a couple of cases in Polish courts about that very matter.

And right holders are sometimes very protective of their intellectual property, they want control over how it is distributed and what image it paints (and how much money it makes).

So in the end we have to clear every game for Linux on a case by case basis, and that takes time ;)
Thanks for the detailed explanation. This reflects poorly more on the copyright framework, than on what owners do. I.e. if you can't say "I grant permission to sell it on all platforms" - something is wrong with it.

Very protective however can be the case, but mostly with legacy publishers (like LucasArts / Disney and Co.). They tend to be DRM obsessed as well.
Post edited July 24, 2014 by shmerl
Posted July 24, 2014
There seem to be a few bad bugs here. Anybody else finding that the games will not start if you're using Mint and a non-English system language? German seems to cause it to fail miserably.

I'm also finding that with English, I'll get it to start, but it changes the resolution and won't change it back after I'm done playing.
Posted July 24, 2014
Hello,
thanks for that. I am a supporter of the Linux as part of freedom in choise.
If you can (and want), could you add to the library view the supported OSes' icons. I hardly remember all of my games and when looking for the Linux ones, I need to click on all of them shich is quite inconvinient. So, the Win, Apple and Tux icons will be very helpful in that.
Thanks.
Posted July 24, 2014
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fenring888: Hello,
thanks for that. I am a supporter of the Linux as part of freedom in choise.
If you can (and want), could you add to the library view the supported OSes' icons. I hardly remember all of my games and when looking for the Linux ones, I need to click on all of them shich is quite inconvinient. So, the Win, Apple and Tux icons will be very helpful in that.
Thanks.
This helps for now, http://www.gog.com/games##system_linux=ubuntu,mint. Just look for the games you own.
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