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You may have noticed the website acting up a little lately, well that's because it's well into its teens now. Happy Birthday to GamingOnLinux, the tiny little site I thought no one would visit but here we are 14 years later. Now we see around a million visitors a month, and I still can't quite believe it.

From the early days of Loki and Linux Game Publishing to the launches of the Humble Indie Bundle, Steam for Linux, Proton and the Steam Deck — never a dull moment huh? A big big thank you to everyone who has supported all of this over the years.

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Who knows what the industry will look like in another 14 years. Will we have some sort of chip in our brains? Will Valve count to three finally? How about a new living room Steam Machine? Perhaps we will be on the Steam Deck 5 by then and everyone will be running Linux on their desktop. One can dream right?

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Thanks again for being here.

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fabertawe Jul 5, 2023
Happy Birthday GOL How time flies!
Pengling Jul 5, 2023
Many Happy Returns to GOL! You've got a site to really be proud of here, Liam - it's always a highlight of my day to check in.
StoneColdSpider Jul 5, 2023
w00t!!!!

Congrats GOL!!!.......

Without GOL..... The Weekend Players Club and the Dick Trickle Career would never have started!!!!......
Tchey Jul 5, 2023
Happy birthday

I was a bit late to the party, but i’m still here (actually i was reading before, just not registered).

Registered: 2 December 2013


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legluondunet Jul 5, 2023
Happy Bithday GOL, nice to have you in Linux universe.
Schattenspiegel Jul 5, 2023
Happy Birthday GOL! And to many more years of quality Linux related content and news! Cheers!
D1Ck3n Jul 5, 2023
Happy Birthday
Klaas Jul 5, 2023
Congratulations
dpanter Jul 5, 2023
Birthy Hapday!
Turkeysteaks Jul 5, 2023
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Happy Birthday GOL!

Been a reader of this site for many years before I made my account. Glad to see how much it has grown, especially with the deck! It's my go to site for checking out what's happening with gaming in general, and procrastinating work
Metallinatus Jul 5, 2023
I was there, Gandalf, when Steam for Linux was at its infancy and GoL was a regular poster at Google freakin' Plus (remember that one?). Crazy to think that even that was 10 years ago already...

Happy birthday, GoL, and thanks for all the work!
WorMzy Jul 5, 2023
Happy birthday, GoL! Congratulations, Liam!
Termy Jul 5, 2023
Happy Birthday!
And of course my deepest gratitude for all the effort and dedication! :)
Congratulations, and thanks for such a great website!
Linux_Rocks Jul 5, 2023


Happy Birthday! <3
tfk Jul 5, 2023
Fourteen years already. Time flies indeed. Congratulations!
Mezron Jul 5, 2023
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Congrats and thanks for making a place for others to come to and explore Linux gaming as they see fit. The addition of tag blocking to self-curate the articles has been top tier awesome for me.
Zelox Jul 5, 2023
Happy birthday GOL 🎉🎉🎉🎂🎂.
You have done so mutch for Linux gaming during these years, let there be many more to come.
MisterPaytwick Jul 5, 2023
Happy Birthday and thanks you for your time Liam!

I'm pretty happy to hear you are seeing such a big number of visitors. I didn't thought it was that many, it's nice.

Hope to see you keep on going.
rcrit Jul 5, 2023
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What a milestone. This site is just amazing, with multiple articles written nearly every day.I remember the dark days (pre-GOL) where one was lucky to find anything Linux gaming-related. This in addition to the YT channel. Simply marvelous.
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