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11 years ago this month on July 5, the GamingOnLinux website was created and what an absolutely insane ride it's been. It's truly difficult to fully comprehend how far Linux and Linux Gaming has come in this time.

From the rise and fall of LinuxGamePublishing, Humble Indie Bundles, the indie store Desura rising and falling, Steam and GOG started supporting Linux, itch.io grew much bigger, the Vulkan API being formally released, to Steam Machines, SteamOS, Steam Play, the slow rise of game streaming services and more. We've seen such a huge amount of ups and downs over the years. We plan to continue going for the next 11 years and beyond too! So we hope you will stick with us for daily Linux + Gaming news.

Our growth has been pretty spectacular over the last year, as traffic continues ticking up and followers pouring in across social media channels. Twitter especially saw quite a big bump over the year! Here's a reminder of where you can follow us: Twitter, Youtube, Twitch, Facebook, Steam Group, Steam Curator, Mastodon, Discord, Telegram News, Telegram Chat, JoinDiaspora*, IRC and Matrix (which is bridged with the IRC).

The website as a whole has been through some big adjustments this year too. To sum up some fun stuff: a dark theme switcher with automatic detection, multiple improvements to page load speed, our Steam Play page, our continually expanding Crowdfinding Page, our Steam Tracker got a nice trend-line, we started covering more Linux distribution news after a great many requests, upgraded our server RAM due to increased traffic, started using a dedicated Digital Ocean Spaces for in-article media to help handle the load, our login system had security overhaul and upgrade, we added per-category RSS feeds for articles, expanded our notification system across the Forum and so much more that's impossible to condense down here. We're constantly working to improve and expand.


A reminder whilst you're here: we're entirely funded by our readers. If you wish to support us, it would be appreciated. You can find all ways to do so on the dedicated Support Us page but here's a few quick links:

  • Patreon - Best way for regularly monthly support and rewards.
  • Paypal - Best way for irregular donations, also supports monthly subs.
  • Liberapay
  • Flattr
  • Twitch - Amazon Prime gives you a free Twitch sub but you need to re-do it each month.
  • Ko-fi
  • Brave browser users can also send BAT

You can also buy games using our affiliate/partner links, which is incredibly helpful:


Don't forget if you need some Linux or Linux + Gaming help to pop on over to the GOL Forum. It's had lots of tweaks over the last year, including per-forum RSS feeds you can follow which is super handy for following exactly what you want.

How to end such an article? That's always the hard part. I'll just say: thank you. Thank you for reading, for being here, for the comments, correction reports against my often hilarious spelling and most of all—your wonderful support overall through the years. It's a true pleasure to run GOL.

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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. Find me on Mastodon.
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Liam Dawe Jul 1, 2020
Quoting: Guest@Liam: if you had to pick maybe the top 5 moments in GOL's history so far, which would they be?
Hmm. That's seriously tough because there's been so many and I would say a few of them are listed in the ups and downs in the article. My number 1 though, is of course Steam coming to Linux back on 2013 because it changed everything.
SuperGrip Jul 1, 2020
Happy Birthday!! May the wine always be great!!
Jollt Jul 1, 2020
Best website eeveerr
Termy Jul 1, 2020
Happy birthday! And thanks for all that work! :)
QUASAR Jul 1, 2020
Happy Birthday!
NeoTheFox Jul 1, 2020
Happy Birthday GOL! One of my favorite websites in the entire internet!
Stoney_Fish Jul 1, 2020
Happy Birthday GOL.
Great Site.
Congratulations Liam.
WorMzy Jul 1, 2020
Happy birthday GoL! Glad to hear you're still enjoying it, Liam! Dunno what I'd do for gaming news without this website.
Nezchan Jul 1, 2020
That's more than a few days! Good work on creating a great resource for the community.
Shmerl Jul 1, 2020
Thanks for all the work you do and especially reaching out to developers for information about their Linux plans. They often pay more attention to journalists than to regular people asking questions. And the bigger GOL gets, the more they pay attention.
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