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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!
xdg-user-dirs wasn't installed for me, so gog-system-report.sh didn't work. Installing it fixes that.

I think you should host all those scripts somewhere on github, so users could propose enhancements and etc. One I can think of right way for example allowing using distro native Dosbox as an option.
Post edited July 24, 2014 by shmerl
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Spectre: I have a few games on that list I'll need to try out. Although linux these days has annoyed my with its online for everything metnality.
I'm sorry may I ask what you mean by "online-for-everything"? Sure, you need to be online for system updates - that's unavoidable on any real-time supported system - but apart of that I never heard of a distro that force online-operation like that....
Post edited July 24, 2014 by TheMechanist
I don't use Linux, but this is great news. Keep it up!
@judasiscariot . Yes i see your releases today have the tar.gz packages!

I was referring to older games in your catalogue which already have a linux interpreter or emulator (usually built into distro - so minimum work for you guys). for example:

Exult engine- Ultima7

Scummvm -
Beneath a steel sky
7th guest
Broken sword 1+2
Old sierra titles eg Kings quests,Leisure suit larrys
etc

Dosbox-
Too many to list....

Users of these platforms (linux or other) would benefit from a simple compressed game folder, rather than a windows exe installer.

Hope that makes more sense! its something to consider for the future!
Keep up the great work
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shmerl: xdg-user-dirs wasn't installed for me, so gog-system-report.sh didn't work. Installing it fixes that.

I think you should host all those scripts somewhere on github, so users could propose enhancements and etc. One I can think of right way for example allowing using distro native Dosbox as an option.
If this happened on a supported distro could you send us a ticket, please? I tested a few final release candidate builds and we never needed to install xdg-user-dirs.
Post edited July 24, 2014 by JudasIscariot
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JudasIscariot: ...
sudo ./start.sh --install
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Out of curiosity: how do we uninstall things installed this way?
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JudasIscariot: ...
sudo ./start.sh --install
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InkPanther: Out of curiosity: how do we uninstall things installed this way?
Ahh right, my mistake to not include info on how to uninstall :)

sudo apt-get remove --purge gog-game-name (TAB to autocomplete the GOG game name :) )
Hmm... gaming has been one reason I've been using Windows, now it seems that one is soon wading away. Perhaps I'll start using some Linux distro more regularily from now on.
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InkPanther: Out of curiosity: how do we uninstall things installed this way?
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JudasIscariot: Ahh right, my mistake to not include info on how to uninstall :)

sudo apt-get remove --purge gog-game-name (TAB to autocomplete the GOG game name :) )
Thanks. :)
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JudasIscariot: Ahh right, my mistake to not include info on how to uninstall :)

sudo apt-get remove --purge gog-game-name (TAB to autocomplete the GOG game name :) )
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InkPanther: Thanks. :)
You're welcome :)
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InkPanther: Out of curiosity: how do we uninstall things installed this way?
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JudasIscariot: Ahh right, my mistake to not include info on how to uninstall :)

sudo apt-get remove --purge gog-game-name (TAB to autocomplete the GOG game name :) )
It doesn't look to me that those scripts actually build a deb package. Do they? I think that would work only if you installed the .deb file. You could do

sudo apt-get purge <gog-game-name>

by the way.

But if you did installation with start.sh doing apt-get purge won't help.

UPDATE:

I see there is an --uninstall option however which deletes the target, but --help message doesn't list it.
Post edited July 24, 2014 by shmerl
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InkPanther: Out of curiosity: how do we uninstall things installed this way?
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JudasIscariot: Ahh right, my mistake to not include info on how to uninstall :)

sudo apt-get remove --purge gog-game-name (TAB to autocomplete the GOG game name :) )
No.

That is for deb packages. When using the script it's :

sudo ./start.sh --uninstall


(Not actually ran it, just looking at the scripts, in the tarball, for Uplink specifically. )

There are a few "ugly" things like writing stuff as root in everyone's ~/Desktop with 777 permission in it too ...

Still far better than Steam & DRM free :)

Thank you for Linux support !
Post edited July 24, 2014 by Leiaz
This is awesome! :D Thanks for supporting Linux! :-)

So, you are wrapping games with wine, which is a good idea, if you havent access to the source code for a native port. Will you also develop patches for wine and contribute your work to the wine project?
Post edited July 24, 2014 by 640kb
Thanks! Awesome!

Successfully downloaded and played Dragonsphere.

To get it run on my Gentoo Linux, I had to install the required libcaca library.
More Options is always a cool thing.
Great work guys.
Hoping for more linux supported games down the road.
Bougth two games to support the move, Waiting for a certian game ive heard some roumors about appearing here.
Post edited July 24, 2014 by Lodium