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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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Achron out on Desura, lower price and free copy!

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2011

Achron is a title I have very briefly covered before, mainly because It was a little radical and I didn't really get it. It is a time travelling RTS (real time strategy - do I...

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Featured on OSNews.com!

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2011

Just a quick hello to anyone visiting from osnews.com who put up an article from JoshB after I had an email chat with him about the current state of gaming on Linux. Myself and our little website here wa...

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Nvidia Optimus with Ironhide

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2011

So for those of you like me who have a laptop with Nvidia Optimus that want to game on Linux usually you would be quite stuck with Nvidia not supporting Optimus on Linux at all. So you would either be lucky and have a BIOS option to turn off ...

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Indie Royale Bundle update!

By Liam Dawe, 12 Nov 2011

While I reported earlier on the Indie Royale Bundle having a measely 1 Linux Native game in it,...

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0 A.D. Coding Sprint

By Liam Dawe, 11 Nov 2011

So some of you may remember that 0 A.D. is currently running another pledgie campaign to raise money for a coder to do another...

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ETXreaL 0.3.0

By Liam Dawe, 11 Nov 2011

ETXreaL has just recently released a new major test version for you FPS lovers to play with...

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Desura client may be open sourced

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2011

lodle writing on the Desura forum has asked for opinions and help in making the Desura client partially

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Indie Royale Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2011

While not great news for Linux gamers a new Indie Royale Bundle is out and this time it has 1 game that has a native Linux port and even offers up a Desura key!

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The Humble Voxatron Debut adds more games!

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2011

The Humble Voxatron Debut has added some more games with not much time to spare, with only 4 days left you need to pay more than $5.20 to unlock all the games! Added Games

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Minecraft 1.9 + Minecon

By Liam Dawe, 8 Nov 2011

Well it seems like the fanfare around Minecraft has died down a bit so let's get the hype machine rolling! Minecraft 1.9 is to be release along with the Minecraft Convention (Minecon). Since they aren't releasing an act...

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We have a G+ page!

By Liam Dawe, 8 Nov 2011

Well folks now that G+ has "Pages" we also now have one up on there! Come visit us at https://plus.google.com/b/104852318604553771493/...

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New Game: Project Black Sun

By Liam Dawe, 6 Nov 2011

While doing my usual scouring the net on various gaming websites, games stores and whatever else Linux related i can find, I stumbled across this game Project Black Sun (there is no direct link...

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Tank@War

By Liam Dawe, 6 Nov 2011

QuoteTANK@WAR is a solo and team-based multiplayer 3D online game dedicated to armored warfare set in the modern age. Throw yourself into epic tank battles shoulder to...

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Digitanks released + source code released under the BSD license

By Liam Dawe, 6 Nov 2011

QuoteDigitanks is a turn-based artillery game. Set up your base, build a fleet of tanks, and attack your enemies without mercy. Digitanks has not o...

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Blue Libra and Thunder Fleets released for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 3 Nov 2011

Martin Lotecki sent word that Blue Libra and Thunder Fleets have been released for Linux on Desura!

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Donation Drive!

By Liam Dawe, 2 Nov 2011

Howdy folks, some news for you! A couple of projects are looking for help in the way of Donations. Ensign First up is Ensign a cool idea for a new space fighter game from Only Human Studios.

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Minecraft 1.9, Monster RPG on Gameolith and more!

By Liam Dawe, 27 Oct 2011

Well folks a few items to cover and as to not spam our site with lots of posts (and twitter) I thought i would start doing bigger news items... Minecraft First up is Minecraft 1.9 which is now confirmed as to be the official "1.0&q...

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Gameolith website updates + indiegogo campaign

By Liam Dawe, 25 Oct 2011

Gameolith.com one of the newest Linux Game Download Stores has undergone some upgrades, you can now buy directly in Pounds and Euros directly from the new domains

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Dead Cyborg Episode 1 updated, episode 2 teased!

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2011

You may or may not remember a neat little donate if you like it game Dead Cyborg episode 1, well I got a nice email from Mateusz. QuoteHi Liam, I've chec...

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Kot-in-Action to make a quake style shooter?

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2011

The nice folks over at Kot-in-Action emailed me about a Poll they are doing on their company website (http://www.kot-in-action.com/content/ - look to the right). It looks to ...