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General discussionGOG.com Now Supports Linux!(115 posts)(115 posts)
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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 FlatOut&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, CLARC - 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: 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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TheMechanist: Great news! But i need more titles :P ;)
I think it's quite likely it will become really popular with Galaxy and a de-facto distribution independent automatic installer :D
Until then the RPM guys have tarballs :P
Do keep in mind that we only support Ubuntu and Mint distributions, so any users of systems that use RPMs by default are unfortunately outside our protective umbrella :(

But yeah, feel free to use Tarballs, thats what they are there for ;)
Posted July 24, 2014
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SimpleUser: Am I the only one wondering who would win out of the GOG Bear and Tux?

:)

Happy days indeed.
Our Linux guy keeps a whole battalion of Penguin mascots next to his desk, so one day we might just organize a tournament ;)
Posted July 24, 2014
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BrandeX: I'm not sure I feel overly impressed with the "First Time on Linux" tag you guys are being sure to mention. "Most" of the titles just appear to be DOSBOX games.
Because "first time on Linux with official support and a 30 day money back guarantee" is a wee bit too long for a tag :)
Posted July 24, 2014
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SimpleUser: Am I the only one wondering who would win out of the GOG Bear and Tux?

:)

Happy days indeed.
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Tolya: Our Linux guy keeps a whole battalion of Penguin mascots next to his desk, so one day we might just organize a tournament ;)
I thought our Linux guy was an actual penguin and that was his herd? :P
Posted July 24, 2014
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JudasIscariot: I thought our Linux guy was an actual penguin and that was his herd? :P
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Hecke: I think penguins are organized in rookeries. For this affront you should be punished a one-year-long "voluntary" zookeeper appointment for his rookery ;P
I had to help out with testing some of the final Linux builds so I guess my "punishment" has been meted out already :P

(no, I am not calling testing Linux builds an actual punishment hence the " " :P )
Posted July 24, 2014
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JudasIscariot: I thought our Linux guy was an actual penguin and that was his herd? :P
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Hecke: I think penguins are organized in rookeries. For this affront you should be punished a one-year-long "voluntary" zookeeper appointment for his rookery ;P
Rookeries aren't armed with cutting edge weaponry though ;) Hence I named it a "battalion" ;)
Posted July 24, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Because "first time on Linux with official support and a 30 day money back guarantee" is a wee bit too long for a tag :)
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ssokolow: Ahh, makes sense. I was about to point out a place that beat you to Litil Divil.

Also, given the iconography used by every other Linux-supporting vendor I've seen (Humble, Desura, etc.), wouldn't it make more sense to use a Tux silhouette as the Linux icon? It took me almost a whole minute of squinting before I realized that silhouette of a costume contact lens was supposed to be the Ubuntu logo.
I recommend leaving feedback about that via our official channels :)
Posted July 24, 2014
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DeMignon: Awesome guys! Proper Linux and GOG will be a perfect fit! Now we can get rid of the sorry display that OS X is ;-P
Please don't incite OS-ial violence here, keep it civil ;)
Posted July 24, 2014
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Hecke: I think penguins are organized in rookeries. For this affront you should be punished a one-year-long "voluntary" zookeeper appointment for his rookery ;P
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Tolya: Rookeries aren't armed with cutting edge weaponry though ;) Hence I named it a "battalion" ;)
Penguins, like ducks, also form waddles. I'm just putting my 3 cents in this glorious discussion about collective nouns. ;)
Posted July 24, 2014
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cyboff: !@%%^#$&$%^*.. just realized I have to upgrade my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS first... :( oookey... it's about time...
Upgrade if you experience a problem with a game and you need support from us. 12.04 isn't that far away from 14.04. Just trying to save you some hassle ;)
Posted July 24, 2014
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Tolya: Upgrade if you experience a problem with a game and you need support from us. 12.04 isn't that far away from 14.04. Just trying to save you some hassle ;)
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Hecke: Depends on what packages you need. I often got problems with some "bleeding edge" packages in newer distributions breaking essential dependency stuff, forcing me to build and maintain my own little collection of libraries for several programs. Especially X seems to be a little diva ;)
Dependencies in the games we currently have aren't too complicated, so as long as you didn't change anything fundamental in your system.

You might get the libc6 dependency error though on 12.04 LTS I think, with some games.
Posted July 24, 2014
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Strijkbout: Okay GOG, start supporting FreeBSD now!

XD

Great day for Linux users.
Never heard of that Linux distro ...


*ducks*
Posted July 24, 2014
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JudasIscariot: I recommend leaving feedback about that via our official channels :)
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ssokolow: Done.
Thanks :)
Posted July 24, 2014
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F3000: Also, actual DOS-installer for dosbox-games would be absolutely awesome - I could install them on DOS running inside Virtualbox (or other VM).
A hint: you don't need an installer ;) In DOS times the only thing they did was uncompress files, place them in a target directory and then configure things like audio.

Building a DOSBox game for Linux isn't difficult, but we are restrained by the publishing rights granted us by the right holders, so we have to get an all clear on legal matters before we can start rolling ;)
Posted July 24, 2014
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Matruchus: Haha Linux distro :) Its not a Linux distro at all. Its based on Unix and developed further from that.
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silviucc: That is why he "ducked". He was jokingly trolling the FreeBSD users :)
Curses, you figured out my plan :P
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