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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check 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.

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Linden Lab makers of Second Life buys out Desura

By Liam Dawe, Jul 10, 2013

Well that's it folks, Desura has been acquired by Linden Lab the makers well known for the Second Life game. Press Release is below:

Desktop Dungeons will come after a Unity upgrade

By Liam Dawe, Jul 10, 2013

Desktop Dungeons is a quick-play roguelike puzzle game that gives you roughly 10 minutes of dungeon-crawling action per serving. It straddles the casual and hardcore boundary in tha...

Gateways platformer is now officially on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jul 10, 2013

Gateways - 50% off right now too. Grab the gateway guns and explore a huge lab filled with mysterious puzzles in this classic platforming adventure. Use gateway technology...

DOTA2 will be smashing onto Linux soon

By Liam Dawe, Jul 10, 2013

DOTA2 has finally gotten it's official release now and the developers have officially stated the Linux (and Mac) version is to hit soon! Speaking on their official release post

Steam can now officially serve 64bit Linux games

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2013

That's right folks the latest beta changes to the Steam client have been pushed to the main branch so now amongst other fixes Linux can finally get 64bit games from Steam! Linux specific fixes: Added support for 64-bit Linu...

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Infested Planet RTS will be coming to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2013

Infested Planet - Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmanoeuvre and outsmart the enemy.

Crytek need a Linux programmer for CryENGINE Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2013

Crytek developers of the CryENGINE are in need of a Linux programmer to Main...

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Unvanquished FPS/RTS Alpha 17 has hit!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2013

Unvanquished is a free, open-source first-person shooter combining real-time strategy elements with a futuristic, sci-fi setting. It is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. T...

Legend of Dungeon Alpha Nymph released!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2013

Legend of Dungeon A 4 Player Co-op Rogue-Like-like Beat'em'up with Dynamic Shading on AWESOME Pixel Art, has gotten it's latest Alpha update and it's a biggy! T...

Full Bore - A Puzzle Adventure coming soon to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 7, 2013

Full Bore Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an...

Mojang's Scrolls is coming to Linux "soon"

By Liam Dawe, Jul 6, 2013

Scrolls is the turn based playing card battle game from Minecraft's developers Mojang. After speaking with jonkagstrom from Moj...

An Interview and Preview with IndieCity on Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 5, 2013

Todays GamingOnLinux.com question time is all about IndieCity and their soon to arrive Linux client, this means alongside Steam and Desura we will have another client on Linux.

Natural Selection 2 developers tease more Linux info!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 4, 2013

Another day another Natural Selection 2 Linux progress update! Yes it's real, it's coming and here's more info for you! We have told you a few times about Natural Selection 2 (

Project Zomboid new Alpha update is out!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 4, 2013

Project Zomboid the ever awesome isometric zombie survival game has unleashed Alpha 2.9.9 onto Desura so it's an official version! They have been releasing test build...

Project 64 Nintendo 64 emulator is open sourced!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 4, 2013

This will be a win for Nintendo fans, an Nintendo 64 Emulator named Project 64 was open sourced this year! Writing on their blog on April 1st (not an april fools ...

Nihilumbra adventure platformer will be hitting Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 3, 2013

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Origin...

Left 4 Dead 2 infects Linux as it's out of Beta!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 3, 2013

Writing on their official L4D blog the developers announce the new version of Left 4 Dead 2 is out featuring Linux...

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GOL's Minecraft building competition like no other!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 2, 2013

Our latest competition is a bit different, you need to have a copy of Minecraft and be whitelisted on our server, to get whitelisted please post your Minecraft username in

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Steam's June hardware survey results are out!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 2, 2013

Here are June's results in Steam's hardware survey! Linux still remains above that magical 1% mark! Here's a run down for you! Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit 0.40% -0.06% Ubun...

Minecraft 1.6.1 The Horse Update is out!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 1, 2013

Another major new version of Minecraft has just hit our virtual shelves featuring new mobs like Horses and it also has a brand new launcher which finally allows you to select a version to play!