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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 25, 2014
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mangamuscle: I wish I could ask for a "uae" keyword, maybe later on? ;)
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ssokolow: Doubtful. From what I've heard, Amiga games were their original goal and GOG's DOSBox stuff came about after the current licensor for Amiga kickstart ROMs wasn't willing to be reasonable.
But that was years ago, nowadays GOG is an important digital games store which can bring revenue beyond the niche market of amiga enthusiasts who cannot bother to configure winuae by themselves.
Posted July 25, 2014
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mangamuscle: I wish I could ask for a "uae" keyword, maybe later on? ;)
That would be awesome.
Posted July 25, 2014
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ssokolow: Doubtful. From what I've heard, Amiga games were their original goal and GOG's DOSBox stuff came about after the current licensor for Amiga kickstart ROMs wasn't willing to be reasonable.
I wish there was a shop that sold classic licensed Amiga games. There's a number missing from my most wanted list that I still don't have, and the second hand prices of the rare collectable items are outrageous these days.

Obviously kickstart licensing makes it hard to bundle up a no-hassles installation package, but I have all that sorted out already. I just need the content, and no one is selling it new.

And yes, I know about "abandonware" sites. I just think that's a sad state of affairs.
Posted July 25, 2014
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roberski: so that we don't have to find a way to extract the .exe for unsupported games?
innoextract, ppa [url=https://launchpad.net/~arx]here[/url].
Posted July 25, 2014
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roberski: so that we don't have to find a way to extract the .exe for unsupported games?
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zorach: innoextract, ppa http://constexpr.org/innoextract/
Posted July 25, 2014
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shmerl: In Debian, it's in the main repo. See status here: http://constexpr.org/innoextract/
Cool! It wasn't in squeeze, so I guess it's been quite awhile since I checked. It has flowed down to Ubuntu as of raring.
Posted July 25, 2014
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Grargar: Are you using shelf view or list view? The search field is bugged on list view.
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Venom: We've also fixed the list view search.
Seems so. Thanks. :D
Posted July 25, 2014
Thanks a lot
Posted July 25, 2014
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Tolya: Building a DOSBox game for Linux isn't difficult
Another suggestion - can you please avoid using spaces in directory names in tarballs / packages? I know it's common on Windows, but it's pretty foreign on Linux and considered a bad practice (especially when you have to deal with those names in scripts and shell).

Thanks.
Post edited July 25, 2014 by shmerl
Posted July 25, 2014
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Tolya: Building a DOSBox game for Linux isn't difficult
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shmerl: Another suggestion - can you please avoid using spaces in directory names in tarballs / packages? I know it's common on Windows, but it's pretty foreign on Linux and considered a bad practice (especially when you have to deal with those names in scripts and shell).

Thanks.
I had the same thought. I don't really care though. It's easy enough to deal with.
Posted July 25, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Great, now I can finally grab some Linux versions to try on my home PC :D
Do you know if new Linux additions to GOG will be announced on the front page? They won't be brand new releases in most cases (at least not until GOG will catch up on the backlog of such games), but on the other hand they are new for GOG and Linux users here.

And if not, how can such additions be tracked? May be some special thread for Linux releases?

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shmerl: Another suggestion - can you please avoid using spaces in directory names in tarballs / packages?
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hummer010: I had the same thought. I don't really care though. It's easy enough to deal with.
Right, it's a minor issue, but why use spaces to begin with? Inside the top directory all files are neatly avoiding it and using underscores where needed. But the top one doesn't for some reason.
Post edited July 25, 2014 by shmerl
Posted July 25, 2014
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shmerl: Do you know if new Linux additions to GOG will be announced on the front page? They won't be brand new releases in most cases (at least not until GOG will catch up on the backlog of such games), but on the other hand they are new for GOG and Linux users here.
IIRC, every so often there would be a new post on the front page when a new batch of games received OSX versions.
Posted July 25, 2014
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shmerl: Do you know if new Linux additions to GOG will be announced on the front page?
Mac version usually get front page notifications, I don't see why would it be different for Linux...
Posted July 25, 2014
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GOG.com: 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.
This is just great! Excellent! .deb for easy-to-install on most popular distros, as well as the distro-independent tarball for everybody else! It is very well thought, and a very good solution!
Posted July 25, 2014
This is such a great news. I can finally switch to Ubuntu full-time. This made my day, wait no, it made my whole year! Thanks!
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