Hello all. I'm an old guy who has used Linux in 1994 and, consequently, missed the PC gaming explosion that Windows created. Its fantastic that there so many native Linux games on Steam now. Sadly, only a handful of the games appeal to my very limited tastes (an example is Ultimate General). Currently I'm playing a few old Windows games (Steel Panthers: World at War and the original Close Combat series) on Wine.

Hello everyone, this is neocron. I have been playing on Linux for some years now and today I decided it was the right time to join the community!

Hello there!

I'm Alex, a global Steam moderator living in Corsica, using GNU/Linux since 2000's, with Windows in dual-boot sometimes (for Fallout, Elder Scrolls, and other big games that I love which aren't available -yet-). I've co-funded the french Crunchbang (rip) community and created "Viperr GNU/Linux", a Fedora remix running Openbox heavily inspired by crunchbang in the early days, but I don't work on it anymore (someone else keeps my baby alive of course).

I've sold my gaming laptop and I'm using my Thinkpad E540 (with Fedora+GNOME and several setups in my VMs) which is crap to play on 3D games but I hope I'll be able to build a new rig soon :p
EDIT november2017: built a new rig last month! Ryzen5+RX580 :)

If you have any (community related) issue on Steam and if you need help on the GOL' Steam group (I'll join it later) feel free to get in touch with me.

I register here because it could be interesting and helpful sooner or later, and I'll try to support this awesome website when I'll be able to do that.

Welcome everyone, thanks for being here :)

Hello fellow penguins :)

I'm 25 years old. I have been a Linux user for a long time and been a Linux gamer since almost 7 years.

Glad to be here.

--djzk

Welcome djzk!

Hi guys! Really long time lurker here, I have been lurking on this site from around it's beginnings :D

I decided it's time to finally register and say hi!

I am 27 years old, and I am from Croatia. Hi to everyone! :)

Hewwo :O

I'm 20 years old, from USA, about a month ago I started using Linux full-time, don't regret it at all.

Before then I dual-booted with Windows 10 for Forza. Then Forza stopped working. So I said "screw this lol LINUX TRAIN"

idk what else to say so.. yeahh.. hai everyone! :P

Hello Linux gamers,

I'm 18 years old, from Germany, I'm registered on GoL since more than two years but never took the time to say hi ^_^ …
I'm using Linux since I can think, because my father works as a system administrator in a big computing centre and uses Linux at home since a long time.
When Steam came to Linux late 2012 I was genuinely excited because it meant I could finally play games at my home, not relying on entries at the wine appDB stating the game may run or not :D we never had a Windows OS until then. Eventually we bought a copy of Windows7 and I started dual booting, because of some games (LoL and other win only titles) I wanted to play with my friends.
Today I still have a Windows HDD in my case, but I barely boot it up as it's hell of a trip installing all those updates after not using it for a few months :D Today I use Antergos (Ubuntu before) for everything and appreciate the development of Linux as an everyday OS for every use (even gaming) in the last 18 years.

Cedric

Welcome everyone!

Hello, my name's Adam, and I'm using linux daily since 2004 I think, but the first distro I tried was Corel Linux in 2000 which was a total disaster... I mean my skills were a total disaster back then. I didn't knew what the RPM is or a package in general but somehow I've managed to install this distro, but I haven't got the mouse support even. I remember it was KDE 2.x themed to pretend win2k. It was the default theme.
Now I am using Antergos since it's easy to set up the arch system in a minute, but I just recently discovered this website, I think it was a year ago or so. Now it's the main source for any game related news, thank you :)

Also, if any of you would like to play, or simply share any thoughts, then here's my steam profile :)

../76561198081480530/

Hey I'm Jessie! I've been using Linux for about two years now but I'm hoping to learn some more :)

Nice to meet you all.

Hi everyone! I'm slack and only play on linux now.

Pleased to meet you!

I suppose I should do this, then. Hello. :)

I've been gaming since... well, the late 1970s really, starting on those home Pong clones, although I never owned one myself. I had to wait until 1982 to get my hands on hardware of my own, when I got a mighty Sinclair ZX81 for my 11th birthday. Moved on to the Spectrum after that, and my 128K machine from 1986 (the original Sinclair “toastrack”, for those who know it) is sitting on my desk right now. Still looks good.

I switched to the Amiga relatively late on, in the early '90s, because money. But it was the greatest gaming machine ever, and don't let anyone tell you different. In fact, I liked it so much I stuck with it until 2005. Believe it or not, I was still using an (expanded) A1200 as my daily driver until just 12 years ago. I've never owned a Windows PC or a Mac. (Which gives me an interesting perspective on Linux gaming, I think. Until Steam came out for Linux, I hadn't bought a new mainstream “PC” game since Commodore went bankrupt in 1994. You might think we're still in a tiny corner of the industry, ignored by the major players, but this feels like the Big Leagues compared to what I've been used to for the last 20-odd years.)

Anyway, I finally gave in and bought my first PC. Obviously it wasn't going to run anything from Microsoft, and after a few abortive tries I settled on Mandriva. Dunno why; it just “clicked” with me at the time. But when that release approached end-of-life in 2007, I started distro-hopping, and eventually discovered Arch. It was... perfect. The Arch Way just made sense to me. Now, I wouldn't say this on the Arch forums, but I feel much of what I liked about it has been diluted over the years and it feels a lot less “special” than it used to, however I'm still using it on all my machines since none of the alternatives seem much better. (Void definitely has my interest, though...)

There have been a few consoles along the way, mostly a generation old at the time (I bought a second-hand Gamecube just before the Wii came out, making it, for about a month, the first “current” gaming platform I'd owned since my early days with the Amiga, about 15 years earlier), although the Xbox 360 was my main gaming machine for a good few years.

But not any more. :D

(Crikey. That was longer than I intended. Hey... it's a long story, right?)

Hello,
I'm DrBed, I'm all fart and love Linux. And gaming. And gaming @ Linux.
Retro, if possible.
Also I'm addicted to C64, so VICE is my main portal to gaming.
And so on...
Long live the GOL!

Hi,
I have been using Linux and reading GOL over 3 years now so finally decided to register! :D
There is so much games on Linux these days that I can do 99% of my gaming with it. There is still That other OS lurking somewhere in my hard drive but I really don't need to use it unless I really want to play some special game.
Other than just gaming I'm using Linux for my hobbyist gamedev projects and for learning to program.
Cheers!

Hi,
Quited win because it carries so much task/backgound services non-saying about the big brother issue. I asked myself how many time I would be able to drop it. 4 years later, my own regret is to don't make this choice earlier!
Long life to Linux and obviously to GamingOnLinux!

Hello, I've been using linux on and off for a few years. Arch is my distro of choice. Learning the "Arch way" was definitely tough for me but I like the philosophy behind it. I came from console gaming then to windows pc gaming now linux... I just wish Dark Souls worked on our platform. That's the only thing that kinda pulls at me.

I'm Kris. I've been playing with Linux and FLOSS operating systems for almost twenty years. I work for a company called OPENSOURCEPCs that make laptops with Ubuntu and custom cases (think wraps, engraving, paint, etc). I'm also big into 3D printing and Python, Perl, and just trying to be a nice guy in a world full of trolls.

I'm krisguy787 on most gaming services, and I have a Mixer channel that I use, and a Twitch one I don't. OBS with FTL on Mixer will make you rethink 30-60 second chat delays on Twitch.

Hi everybody !!

I'm Charro, just joined a few days ago after getting aware of the existence of this great site !! I don't know how I didn't find it before.

Linux user since 1997 (wow, 20 years already! I feel quite old ^ ^) and also Game developer, in a professional way and when I find the time, as an indie, for myself (Here is my GitHub and itch.io in case someone wants to try the only game I have right now: https://github.com/charro https://charro.itch.io/spain1940)

I still have dual boot with Windows in my machine, but since long time ago (more than 10 years probably), only and exclusively because still some games don't run properly with Wine.

My only dream is that one day I would finally be able to delete that Windows partition forever because SteamOS is reality and all my Steam lib is there.

About Linux playing right now, I've just finished XCOM: Enemy Unknown (I love it !!) and start playing Shadows of Mordor (REALLY THANK YOU FERAL GAMES FOR MAKING THE PORTING OF THIS GAMES TO LINUX !!)

Cheers !