Any chance of a sneak-preview?

Seriously, though, I'm curious now - I'm surprised that people have been mistaking GOL for a corporate entity!

I'm surprised that people have been mistaking GOL for a corporate entity!

But by not being a corporation hes missing out on all fun corporate stuff...... Think of all the "Synergy" he could be having.......

Any chance of a sneak-preview?

Unless I'm mistaken, we can already see it. Basically just `s/Gaming On Linux/GOL/`.

No big design changes, just fully leaning into "GOL" instead of "GamingOnLinux". It's a small change overall.

But by not being a corporation hes missing out on all fun corporate stuff...... Think of all the "Synergy" he could be having.......

Hahahaha!

Unless I'm mistaken, we can already see it. Basically just `s/Gaming On Linux/GOL/`.

Ahh! I missed that before! Thanks.

No big design changes, just fully leaning into "GOL" instead of "GamingOnLinux". It's a small change overall.

Good to know - for a moment I wasn't sure if we were looking at a URL-change or something. I still don't get how people thought you were a company, though!

An URL change will come eventually, but that's last on the list and gamingonlinux.com will stick around for many years to auto link to it so no one will get lost.

Last edited by Liam Dawe on 16 Dec 2022 at 10:57 pm UTC

Nothing is 100% for sure though, I'm just messing with things atm.

Just saw the new name on YouTube - quite like that one.

Just saw the new name on YouTube - quite like that one.

I am sadly stuck with that for 14 days, at least I could revert the @ handle on youtube though lol nevermind.

Someone stole Twitter though, so that's the only real thing that's changed so we're here now: https://twitter.com/GOLTwit

Last edited by Liam Dawe on 16 Dec 2022 at 11:44 pm UTC

Rethinking it. Nothing is changing now.

Good now you can have all the "Synergy".......

IMO the Twit suffix is not a good idea. Why not berk?

IMO the Twit suffix is not a good idea. Why not berk?

I do appreciate liam added some humour!

It's a cool handle that gives a good chuckle!

For those who don't get the new handles sense of humour:
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/twit

Rethinking it. Nothing is changing now.

Going through a very small rebrand over the next couple weeks into the new year (it will take time to adjust everything properly). Too many people keep thinking GOL is a company, and expect me to act like someone in a suit, when it's 99% just me sharing cool stuff and creating (hopefully) cool / interesting content along with opinions on various things.

What actually changes: not a lot, it's just a name and some wording clarifications.

It will also help whenever I cover something that isn't super specific to "Linux Gaming", because I grew tired very quickly of people who had a stance of if it's not ticking a very specific box, that it doesn't belong on GOL. I want to keep on covering hardware, open source, Linux gaming, Steam Deck and all the stuff in between. So if anything, it will just help me keep doing what I am already doing.

Imagine not having 200 people working under you as a corporate entity. Couldn't imagine.

I don’t get how rebranding to GOL would have solved the one-man-not-a-corporation mixup, but it certainly would have made it a lot clearer what the website was all about!

One day I will probably rebrand properly, but it won't be to "GOL" but something longer and more general that would be picked up by searches easier heh. The main thing I have issues with is people expecting things covered here to be in a firm tickbox on "Linux Gaming" even though I cover so much here outside of that now...but thankfully the majority seem to enjoy it.

I’ve seen this on other sites, some people complain about things that don’t interest them and feel if they’re covered that somehow takes away from what they’re interested in. Don’t listen to people, do your own thing, this reader at least thinks it’s the best site on the whole internetz.

One day I will probably rebrand properly, but it won't be to "GOL" but something longer and more general that would be picked up by searches easier heh. The main thing I have issues with is people expecting things covered here to be in a firm tickbox on "Linux Gaming" even though I cover so much here outside of that now...but thankfully the majority seem to enjoy it.

I have to admit that I mostly skip the articles about non-Linux games and the Deck and whatnot, but I don't mind you covering whatever you feel like you want to cover. There will always be people telling you to cater to their specific interests instead, no matter the branding or anything else. Sadly that's just inevitable. And you're still playing your games on Linux in one form or another, so the current brand is fine in my opinion.

Now, if the title was "Linux Games" or similar, that'd be different.

One possible solution would be to split some of the non-Linux content onto a "sister" site with different branding, but that would also split your community and add to your workload... I suppose complainers will just have to learn to cope.

I tried a sister site once, it was just too much work and I nearly burned out on both.

My promise to all readers is that Linux is 100% the focus, always will be. All forms of gaming on it.

I tried a sister site once, it was just too much work and I nearly burned out on both.

My promise to all readers is that Linux is 100% the focus, always will be. All forms of gaming on it.

Been a while since LifeOnLinux was mentioned!

Someone stole Twitter though, so that's the only real thing that's changed so we're here now: https://twitter.com/GOLTwit

Well, that's the new regime in town. Sorry for your username/handle loss. Plus, I cannot stand with countless of shady/fraudulent "digital store of value instruments" advertisement/promotion.

Glad that I never have an account with that social media.