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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 26, 2014
Hi guys and congrats GOG for at least supporting Linux !! :)
Or starts to, because now...
just one more question... when will you release the Linux version of the GOG downloader ?

Don't tell us we would need to buy a W$$$$ licence, reboot under W$ to download our Linux games and then back to the real OS ??

Please don't... :p
Posted July 26, 2014
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plaplar: Hi guys and congrats GOG for at least supporting Linux !! :)
Or starts to, because now...
just one more question... when will you release the Linux version of the GOG downloader ?

Don't tell us we would need to buy a W$$$$ licence, reboot under W$ to download our Linux games and then back to the real OS ??

Please don't... :p
I suspect they're holding off until Galaxy, but there is an open-source alternative called lgogdownloader, I believe? I've seen mention of it once or twice in this thread.
Posted July 26, 2014
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plaplar: Don't tell us we would need to buy a W$$$$ licence, reboot under W$ to download our Linux games and then back to the real OS ??

Please don't... :p
Use your browser, it's free and there no need to reboot.

Yeah, they really should turn that thing off when they detect "linux" via the browser's user agent string.
Post edited July 26, 2014 by silviucc
Posted July 26, 2014
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plaplar: Hi guys and congrats GOG for at least supporting Linux !! :)
Or starts to, because now...
just one more question... when will you release the Linux version of the GOG downloader ?

Don't tell us we would need to buy a W$$$$ licence, reboot under W$ to download our Linux games and then back to the real OS ??

Please don't... :p
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MrPointless: I suspect they're holding off until Galaxy, but there is an open-source alternative called lgogdownloader, I believe? I've seen mention of it once or twice in this thread.
Yeah. Here's the thread for it:

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/lgogdownloader_gogdownloader_for_linux/page1

You may also want these shell script aliases I cooked up for easier use:

gogd() {
local IFS=\|
lgogdownloader --download --game "^($*)\$"
}
gogu() {
local IFS=\|
lgogdownloader --download --no-cover --no-extras --game "^($*)\$"
}

They let you download everything for a game with "gogd dont_starve pirates_gold_plus vvvvvv" or just download the installer and patches with "gogu dragonsphere hammerwatch" when updates are posted.

(Yes, they're technically functions, but only because aliasing isn't expressive enough.)
Post edited July 26, 2014 by ssokolow
Posted July 26, 2014
This is excellent news.
Posted July 26, 2014
Question about the games:
- FlatOut 1 or 2 --> are these any good? I'm not a big fan of racing, but I'd like to try the best ones (old and new).
- Space Pirates and Zombies --> casual or cool complex game with a silly title?
- Colonization, Sid Meier's --> classic?
- Sword of the Samurai --> classic?
Post edited July 26, 2014 by phaolo
Posted July 26, 2014
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phaolo: Question about the games:
- FlatOut 1 or 2 --> are these any good? I'm not a big fan of racing, but I'd like to try the best ones (old and new).
FlatOut is great. It actually has damage modelling! Yay!
Posted July 26, 2014
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phaolo: - Space Pirates and Zombies --> casual or cool complex game with a silly title?
- Colonization, Sid Meier's --> classic?
I'm not sure what metrics you're using, but I definitely enjoy both of these games very much and SPAZ isn't what I'd call casual by any means.
Posted July 26, 2014
I didn't use any Linux distribution for a while, but it's a great news !
Posted July 26, 2014
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xyem: It's also not me, unfortunately. I would have applied but I can't really justify moving to Poland for a job you can do remotely, especially having recently become a father.
How about possibly LA?
Posted July 26, 2014
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Antimateria: What's the advantage of using linux and can you have windows and linux in the same hard drive?
Is linux only for people who are very good with IT-stuff or can common person achieve mastery?
Putting several OSes on one hard drive is a messy business. If you want to multiboot, better use a separate HDD for each OS. But yes, it's perfectly doable, just research what you are doing in order not to mess up your already installed system.

But more to the topic, some people don't want to use WIndows at all for many reasons (ranging from concerns about privacy and security to the fact that one has to pay for it). Also, it's not only a closed proprietary OS, it also has inherent DRM, so for those who prefer DRM-free experience including in gaming, Linux + GOG is a natural choice :)
Post edited July 26, 2014 by shmerl
Posted July 27, 2014
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JoeyJoeJoe87: I don't know. Maybe Linux isn't my thing after all.
Don't give up! I am sorry to hear that you are having troubles, dude. I am a Manjaro user myself and I use Manjaro precisely because it's so easy to use. Manjaro is to Arch as Mint is to Ubuntu. I also use KDE because I love the vast amount of customisation options. I haven't tried any of GOG's Linux releases yet as I am waiting for Galaxy so I cannot offer my experience on the subject, but I'll get back to you once the time comes.
Posted July 27, 2014
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Matruchus: KDE can be problematic from my experience - not everything works out of the box there
I think KDE is great. Issues can happen with any DE, and KDE community is very helpful in such cases. I personally use KDE (on Debian testing) since times when Gnome went 3.0.
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Matruchus: I would suggest you to move to Mint or Ubuntu since Arch Linux or in this case Manjaro is to much for Linux beginners.
I know someone who was recommended to use Gentoo as a beginner (I guess someone played a joke on him). He had no clue and went Gentoo all the way while not even being a technical person. Now he compiles packages from source without a blink ;)
Post edited July 27, 2014 by shmerl
Posted July 27, 2014
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phaolo: - FlatOut 1 or 2 --> are these any good? I'm not a big fan of racing, but I'd like to try the best ones (old and new).
I didn't try Flatout 1, but Flatout 2 is a lot of fun and runs very well in Wine.
Posted July 27, 2014
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JoeyJoeJoe87: I don't know. Maybe Linux isn't my thing after all.
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Future_Suture: Don't give up! I am sorry to hear that you are having troubles, dude. I am a Manjaro user myself and I use Manjaro precisely because it's so easy to use. Manjaro is to Arch as Mint is to Ubuntu. I also use KDE because I love the vast amount of customisation options. I haven't tried any of GOG's Linux releases yet as I am waiting for Galaxy so I cannot offer my experience on the subject, but I'll get back to you once the time comes.
I won't :)

Seems there are some missing, or mismatched libGL files with wine. Just have to figure out how to resolve that.
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