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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
I still can't figure out what to do with the tarballs. Do I have to compile it or something? I never understood what tarballs even were. I unzipped it, but nothing inside works at all.

Or maybe Manjaro is just incapable of dealing with them?
Post edited July 26, 2014 by JoeyJoeJoe87
Posted July 26, 2014
How difficult would it be for GOG to get the Linux rights for Warsow? It's available in practically every distribution's package manager.
Posted July 26, 2014
I <3 GoG!
Posted July 26, 2014
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?
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?
The linux desktop is already suitable for Joe Average, but due to the constant upcropping infighting and dumbing down the Linux Desktop Enviroments it's currently problematic to use them (Developer: "We do not support and have feature X anymore because we developer do not use it, so nobody has to use it (and it was not programmed by us, so it's being scrapped). Oh, and we want to clone Windows in every aspect, especially text configuration is so stone age, lets use binary configuration files as in Windows Registry) .

Many people do not want to upgrade from Windows 7 to a more recent Windows version due to the Metro user interface and the more and more invasive surveillance and enforced DRM of the Windows operating system. True, the latter really began with Windows 2000, but in more recent versions, more and more things phone home to Microsoft and you are mislead to create you local user account tied to Microsofts Live ID.

OSX is out of the question due several reason (alone the fact that this operating system does not legally run on commodity hardware, only from Apple's (Hackintoshes do not count here)).

For me personally, Windows 7 is the last Windows version I will use, after that ... well... I'm really unsure, but I think I will use one of the last holdouts of "classic" Linux - Slackware - or go straight using NetBSD or FreeBSD where there are more sane developers in charge who do not pursue trying to rebuild Linux to a windows-like operating system (Lennard Poettering and systemd, I'm looking at YOU).
Post edited July 26, 2014 by coffeecup
Posted July 26, 2014
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JoeyJoeJoe87: I still can't figure out what to do with the tarballs. Do I have to compile it or something? I never understood what tarballs even were. I unzipped it, but nothing inside works at all.

Or maybe Manjaro is just incapable of dealing with them?
You will probably need additional libraries installed on Manjaro. tar.[gz|bz2|xz] are archives. Nothing more, nothing less. You extract the contents.
Posted July 26, 2014
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JoeyJoeJoe87: I still can't figure out what to do with the tarballs. Do I have to compile it or something? I never understood what tarballs even were. I unzipped it, but nothing inside works at all.
You have to untar the package, cd into the game folder and then execute the start.sh. Perhaps your "unzipping" did not set the executable permissions of the executables?

Under Linux a file has to have the 'x' flag in the permission if you want to start it.
Posted July 26, 2014
!!!THANK YOU!!!
Posted July 26, 2014
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JoeyJoeJoe87: I still can't figure out what to do with the tarballs. Do I have to compile it or something? I never understood what tarballs even were. I unzipped it, but nothing inside works at all.

Or maybe Manjaro is just incapable of dealing with them?
What the others have said already: simply unpack the tar file (a tar file is an archive that can contain multiple files/folders) and run the start script:

./start.sh

Alternatively, you can run the game launcher directly, which seems to be always located in the "game" folder.

I've tried this myself for Anomaly Warzone Earth and Gimini Rue now (which GOG.com offers the native Linux version for, I'm impressed!). Works like a charm. I'm running Archlinux 64-bit, by the way.

What exactly have you tried so far?

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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?
Yes, Windows and Linux can be installed on the same hard drive, in different partitions though. Linux has evolved a lot over the years and can be used by everyone. One does not need to be an IT guru to get started with Linux. However, you must be willing to learn. If you have never seen or worked with anything else than Windows on a computer, there's a lot of new stuff to learn. If you just expect to find another Windows system for free (as in free of charge) you will be disappointed.
Post edited July 26, 2014 by CatShannon
Posted July 26, 2014
Excellent news, GOG. The day when my sole reason for maintaining a Windows installation becomes completely redundant just got that much closer.

Thank you; and I wish you the very best of luck with this initiative.
Posted July 26, 2014
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Future_Suture: How difficult would it be for GOG to get the Linux rights for Warsow? It's available in practically every distribution's package manager.
...which is why it's probably not high on their priority list.
I'd rather see more native Linux versions of non-free games missing from GOG right now, like LSL Reloaded etc.
Posted July 26, 2014
Are Don't Starve + DLC and The Last Federation worth the money ?
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?
Actually no, it isn't really hard to USE Linux. There are several distributions you can choose between that are focused on usability. You will need to invest time and effort to actually get used to the way linux works. It is different from Windows in many ways and not all of them are obvious.

Maybe you will run into problems that seem to be unfixable at first sight.

On the other hand, you can really screw up everything if you don't think before you do. Linux gives you really powerful tools that may seem "simple" to you. Also you should maybe looks through guides for dualbooting.
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You should install windows and then linux, because windows will overwrite the linux boot manager and can not boot linux, but the other way round should work.

My suggestion would be: Try Ubuntu or Linux Mint in VirtualBox first for several days or weeks. This way you can experiment and maybe screw your installation without risking any data.
Posted July 26, 2014
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ne_zavarj: Are Don't Starve + DLC and The Last Federation worth the money ?
They're worth it, yes. But you don't have to take my word for it. Go to Youtube and watch people play them, then decide if you like them or not.
Posted July 26, 2014
To bln, geekosaur, and others...

Please, people, don't be moody whiners. It's completely reasonable that GOG chose debian package format since majority desktop Linux users use some flavor of Ubuntu. You can be angry about that, but it's a fact - it's logical to choose option that covers the largest portion of your client base. For the others, tar archives are provided, and if you are such proud geeks, you surely won't have a problem unpacking a tar archive. What GOG provides here is mainly convenience - you could have played all the DOSBOX and Wine compatible games on Linux before, but you had to install them yourselves and figure out the optimal Wine and Dosbox configurations.

As for bash being a requirement, what's wrong with that? Many Linux games will force you to install various SDL libraries or other necessary libraries they built upon, and everyone understands that as being reasonable. If it's a package, it will install the dependencies itself, if not, just run ldd on the main binary and figure out what libraries it's linked to and install their corresponding packages. Bash is more or less a standard, most used shell and if you don't have it already, you can probably install it with a single command.

I am very happy to see Linux support being taken more seriously all across the software vendors and game publishers - first Valve with Steam, because they need it for their Linux based Steambox, then Gamersgate, Desura, and now Gog, it will help spread Linux recognition immensely.

The public opinion about Linux will go from: "It's that cryptic mess of command line atrocities nobody but a few weirdos can understand" to "Hey, it's that cool OS that comes free of charge, is very flexible and customizable, and comes with nice, ready to install software suites, and today, you can even play many good games on it!"
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