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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
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jonridan: Maybe the developers don't like the idea of being on steam and gog simultaneously? Or maybe the just think that Humble Bundle is so "small" a marketshare that they don't care if the drm-free version gets pirated but GOG would be too much so they just stay with steam (the "safe" drm marketshare) and to look "cool" in the eyes of gamers release on a small portion of the drm-free world. Again... maybe?
This makes no sense. Once something is out, it's pirated regardless where it's being sold, because it's pirated not from where it's sold anymore.
Posted July 24, 2014
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jonridan: Maybe the developers don't like the idea of being on steam and gog simultaneously? Or maybe the just think that Humble Bundle is so "small" a marketshare that they don't care if the drm-free version gets pirated but GOG would be too much so they just stay with steam (the "safe" drm marketshare) and to look "cool" in the eyes of gamers release on a small portion of the drm-free world. Again... maybe?
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shmerl: This makes no sense. Once something is out, it's pirated regardless where it's being sold, because it's pirated not from where it's sold anymore.
In some cases, the DRM version is pirated more than the DRM free version. I believe The Witcher 2 is a good example.
Posted July 24, 2014
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jalister: In some cases, the DRM version is pirated more than the DRM free version. I believe The Witcher 2 is a good example.
Some others also voice such opinion.
And this is my favorite part: I am 100% certain that the hacking of entertainment industry's security features provides better entertainment for these kids than the entertainment we're trying to prevent them from stealing. Let that sink in for a second, then try not to bust up laughing.
But let's not go too much into off-topic.
Post edited July 24, 2014 by shmerl
Posted July 24, 2014
Congrats to Linux users.
Gog, now please add a filter.
Posted July 24, 2014
I'm going to kick this in in the hope it helps the GOG dev that converts these to Debian.

You obviously need the change the mountpoint in the dosbox config file.

Once that is done, if you add the line "#!/usr/bin/dosbox -conf" (No quotes) to the top of the dosbox.conf file (ending with a unix linefeed), then 'running' the dosbox.conf file will run the game in Dosbox, just like running a bash script launches bash.

Any chance GOG will setup a debian repository? The sheer coolness that is synaptics/apt-get is the biggest thing that keeps me off windows - would love to see GOG use it.

Jonnan
Posted July 24, 2014
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Future_Suture: GOG is still missing a ton of native Linux clients for games it is already selling. Hope these native Linux clients make it over sooner rather than later!
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shmerl: It was mentioned before here, that there can be several reasons:

1. GOG still need to finalize the agreement with the owners.
2. Developers didn't prepare the release for GOG (they expected a later date).

So hopefully all will come as soon as possible.
Yes, I read about it in the article. It was a general statement. I really hope that no DRM free Linux games will be left out.
Posted July 24, 2014
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Zenitur: It is very good that tarballs are presents. I'm an Opensuse user and I need RPM packages or something universal like tarballs.
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ewhac: Does 'alien' not meet your needs? I've installed RPMs on my Debian system via 'alien' several times without issue.
It was written it the year when RPM-based Linux was more popular than DEB-based. But it also can convert DEB to RPM.
Posted July 24, 2014
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jonridan: Maybe the developers don't like the idea of being on steam and gog simultaneously? Or maybe the just think that Humble Bundle is so "small" a marketshare that they don't care if the drm-free version gets pirated but GOG would be too much so they just stay with steam (the "safe" drm marketshare) and to look "cool" in the eyes of gamers release on a small portion of the drm-free world. Again... maybe?
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shmerl: This makes no sense. Once something is out, it's pirated regardless where it's being sold, because it's pirated not from where it's sold anymore.
This just proves my confusion. There has literally not been a clear, decisive reason that could explain why a developer that fulfils all the criteria to be on GOG wouldn't want to be on GOG. It's all about making money, right? If you have bothered to make your game free of DRM, then why not sell it with the single largest retailer that supports the lack of DRM?
Posted July 24, 2014
A question for the RPM crowd. What distro would you recommend GOG support? I figure Fedora would be one of them.
Posted July 24, 2014
This is great news, now I'm going to have to set up my dual boot again!
Posted July 24, 2014
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Future_Suture: This just proves my confusion. There has literally not been a clear, decisive reason that could explain why a developer that fulfils all the criteria to be on GOG wouldn't want to be on GOG. It's all about making money, right? If you have bothered to make your game free of DRM, then why not sell it with the single largest retailer that supports the lack of DRM?
I remember one developer stated that it gets harder to maintain updates with each new reseller he has to support. If a game is already on two or three other sites, they may not want the extra work. I know Hairbrained Schemes was maintaining a Steam and in house release. Once they added Humble Store, they dropped the inhouse version so they wouldn't have to support it. Even Larian decided not to release an in house version of Divinity Original Sin for now. I believe it is only on GOG and Steam.
Posted July 24, 2014
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Future_Suture: This just proves my confusion. There has literally not been a clear, decisive reason that could explain why a developer that fulfils all the criteria to be on GOG wouldn't want to be on GOG. It's all about making money, right? If you have bothered to make your game free of DRM, then why not sell it with the single largest retailer that supports the lack of DRM?
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jalister: I remember one developer stated that it gets harder to maintain updates with each new reseller he has to support. If a game is already on two or three other sites, they may not want the extra work. I know Hairbrained Schemes was maintaining a Steam and in house release. Once they added Humble Store, they dropped the inhouse version so they wouldn't have to support it. Even Larian decided not to release an in house version of Divinity Original Sin for now. I believe it is only on GOG and Steam.
I hope Galaxy fixes a few of these troubles.
Posted July 24, 2014
Oh, GOG.

You win all the internets. ALL of them. I don't know how I'm going to connect to your shop in the future, since you have all the internets, but I'm sure I'll figure something out.

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Telika: Games are the reason why I'm still, kinda reluctantly, using microsoft. If my favorites get linuxed by gog, I might actually switch to another OS...
I'm already planning on it. There's no way that Win8 will ever taint any hard drive that I own, so once this computer breaks down and/or MS stops supporting 7, I'm switching to Mint. I'll deal with figuring out Wine if I have to for any games that don't support Linux (typically "AAA" games; the #1 reason I haven't made the switch yet).
Posted July 24, 2014
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Nesoo: Oh, GOG.

You win all the internets. ALL of them. I don't know how I'm going to connect to your shop in the future, since you have all the internets, but I'm sure I'll figure something out.

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Telika: Games are the reason why I'm still, kinda reluctantly, using microsoft. If my favorites get linuxed by gog, I might actually switch to another OS...
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Nesoo: I'm already planning on it. There's no way that Win8 will ever taint any hard drive that I own, so once this computer breaks down and/or MS stops supporting 7, I'm switching to Mint. I'll deal with figuring out Wine if I have to for any games that don't support Linux (typically "AAA" games; the #1 reason I haven't made the switch yet).
Windows 7 will be supported until January 14, 2020. I have some Windows 7 and XP. I've been switching some Windows to Linux though.
Posted July 25, 2014
Bought Duke Nukem. Exciting times! I hope that we could get our hands on Linux versions of old games (Alpha Centauri, etc.).

Hooray!
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