Ubuntu 18.04 is now officially released, so to mark this occasion we’ve teamed up with DRM free game store GOG for a sale and to throw some free games your way.
As you know, GOG have supported Linux for some time now, going way back to August 2014 where they made a bit of a splash with 50 games. Since then, they’ve continued to expand their catalogue of DRM free games. Not just modern games though, as they’re also nicely packaging some retro classics with the likes of DOSBox to make it simple for Linux gamers.
From now, GOG will be officially supporting Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04, as they will no longer be actively testing 14.04. They told me they’ve confirmed around 90% of their Linux games as fully working on the latest Ubuntu 18.04 release. They also officially support Ubuntu-based distributions like Mint and elementary OS. Personally, I think it’s fantastic GOG go through such lengths with their Linux support.
GOG have even given us one of those shiny partner pages, where we have listed a few choice Linux games to take a look at. With so many good Linux games available, it was a tough job to narrow it down to only a few. Feel free to link it to friends considering using Linux for gaming as a quick and easy list for some good choices. You can also see all Linux games currently on sale on GOG right here.
They’ve also given us 50 copies of Hacknet to give away! (Update: It's over now!)
Want to win a copy? Simply say "I love DRM free games!" somewhere in your comment to be entered. Competition closes 7PM UTC tomorrow, winners will be sent a PM directly here with a key if they win sometime after that.
As for what's new in Ubuntu 18.04, our good friends over at OMGUbuntu did a rather slick video you should check out. Will Cooke from Canonical also put up an overview with some tips to get you going. The biggest change, is the main Ubuntu version being moved from their own Unity desktop back to GNOME. For me personally, the move from Unity to GNOME Shell wasn't as big a shock as I expected, I've grown to quite like it honestly. Having a more customizable desktop certainly is handy, quite a fan of the one-click install for most GNOME plugins!
Naturally, there's many other Ubuntu-based distributions to look out for with different desktops like Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Budgie and so on with each of them having their own 18.04 release.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Bezerra_21 Apr 27, 2018
They came from here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/ubuntu_1804_official_support_and_things_that_are_nice_to_knowK, I imagined some starting point for this, but the amount of them is mind boggling :O
So, they should be interested in Linux when they read this GoG thread...
Last edited by Eike on 27 April 2018 at 7:04 pm UTC
doom-o-matic Apr 27, 2018
with a smile as cute as she had,
but the smile soon was gone,
as she saw the marathon,
of games on her pile of shame.
I'm a poor guy from India who cannot afford most of the games, now i don't have a kick ass rig but my pc is enough to play some games with a good FPS, Thanks to my friend who decided to buy new PC and gave me his old one, now because of him I can finally play some games, atleast now I won't have to see the play through videos of some games that I can play now, So all I want is a Free copy of a DRM free game on GOG.com so that I can fulfill my dream of playing games, this would really help me build my library up, and would save me of 4 to 5 months of savings and waiting for another sale for me to buy a game, THANK YOU! I would really appreciate your guys help.
I love Linux!
I do not love Ubuntu!
superpinguin Apr 27, 2018
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