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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly checked on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly. You can also follow my personal adventures on Bluesky.

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Salvation Prophecy space epic is now out for Linux!

By Liam Dawe, May 7, 2013

As we reported in the last few days about it coming out, it has now happened! Salvation Prophecy is now available on Linux ...

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Planetary Annhilation RTS live stream showing combat!

By Liam Dawe, May 5, 2013

Planetary Annihilation is really starting to look awesome, the RTS that was Kickstarter funded has been doing regular live streams for people to ask questions, see gameplay and all that jazz, their ...

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Build & Defend has gotten some updates!

By Liam Dawe, May 4, 2013

Build & Defend the mish mash of several game types has been updated after months of no word, great to see! You wake up in a desolated and dangerous world, where almost everything is a...

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Left 4 Dead 2 available for Linux in beta form!

By Liam Dawe, May 4, 2013

Valve staying good to their words have released Left 4 Dead 2 for Linux in beta form! This adds yet another awesome game to our Steam libraries! Hot on the ...

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Could a Double Fine Humble Bundle be coming?

By Liam Dawe, May 3, 2013

So with some recent titles including Brutal Legend and now Stacking and

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Salvation Prophecy space epic could hit Linux this weekend!

By Liam Dawe, May 3, 2013

Salvation Prophecy is a military space epic. Human, mutant, and robotic factions are at war for galactic domination. Battles rage as space fleets collide, and planet invasions clash ...

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Portal 1 is now in Beta for Linux woohoo!

By Liam Dawe, May 3, 2013

Valves rather popular puzzle game Portal is now officially available on Linux in Beta form, thanks Valve! Contrary to what Phoronix is telling you (let's no...

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Earth 2140 the futuristic RTS game is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, May 2, 2013

Well folks today I break the news to you that Earth 2140 is officially coming to Linux via Runesoft! The game itself Earth 2140 was originally ported by Runesoft to Mac as stated on

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Steam's April hardware survey shows poor Linux statistics!

By Liam Dawe, May 1, 2013

Well the latest Steam hardware survey is out for April and it isn't looking good again for Linux. Here are the statistics just for Linux Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit 0.35% -0.12% Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 64 bit 0.23...

Fancy winning a copy of the original Postal game?

By Liam Dawe, May 1, 2013

Time for another GOL competition, this time we have 3 keys to give away for the original Postal game! Thanks to RWS for giving us the keys! This time it's not a twitter retweet com...

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Jack Lumber the supernatural lumberjack now on Steam!

By Liam Dawe, Apr 30, 2013

A tree killed his granny and now he is out for revenge. Meet Jack Lumber, the supernatural lumberjack who hates trees, loves animals, and hates trees. Did we say that twice? The guy really hates trees, and boy does he have an axe to grind. ...

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Receiver experimental FPS now on Steam!

By Liam Dawe, Apr 30, 2013

Receiver was created for the 7-day FPS challenge to explore gun handling mechanics, randomized levels, and unordered storytelling. Armed only with a handgun and an audio cassette player, you mu...

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Anomaly 2 Is Now Available for Preorder and release date given!

By Liam Dawe, Apr 29, 2013

Anomaly 2 pre-orders launch on Steam and via the official site. Get 10% o...

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Worlds of Magic - A new classic 4X fantasy game

By Liam Dawe, Apr 28, 2013

The developers of Worlds of Magic emailed me to ask if we could do a shout out for their game. The game itself is meant as a spiritual successor to Master of Magic.

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Defense Grid 2 is happening and coming to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Apr 27, 2013

Defense Grid 2 is now happening thanks to a private investor and it will even be coming to Linux in 2014! Hidden Path Entertainment did a Kickstarter...