I wanted to do a little public thank you to everyone who is funding me on Patreon and to remind people who aren’t about what I do.
So here’s what I’ve been up to recently, and this is on top of daily news snippets, longer reviews, interviews and so on.
The livestream schedule page is reasonably new, which is a community page (not just for us). Anyone in the Linux gaming community can schedule a stream event on it (for any site: Hitbox, Youtube, Twitch etc). It has an ical, so you can add it to whatever calendar you use to keep track of what’s coming up.
I also rolled out the Linux gamer video directory, so it will list everyone who has a Youtube or Twitch channel setup. It will also tell you who in the community is live on Twitch right now. It’s likely I will update your profiles to have a checkbox to state you stream Linux games, so we don’t get an influx of people on other systems which aren’t relevant showing up when they go live.
I updated the User Statistics page to include trending graphs, so you can see how things have changed as the months go on. I’ve actually seen that page get passed between developers and users, proving that at least some people find it useful to reference. There’s still nothing else like it to sample the Linux gaming community, so that’s fun for us to have.
The entire code behind GOL is now open source here: https://gitlab.com/liamdawe/gamingonlinux as requested by some in the community.
In the last week, I have also rolled out our very own code to render graphs we use for benchmarks, GOTY awards and more. They look far better than what we had before and I have absolute control over them to add features as we need them. They’re fully responsive on desktop and mobile, while still being readable on mobile without going off the page requiring some form of scrolling like I’ve seen on plenty of other sites. Again, this is all open source.
I ran another successful Linux GOTY award, and those results are powered by my new graphs. The statistic system still needs to be moved over to the new graphs, and will do once I’ve sorted issues with long label names (in progress).
I also recently upgraded the Personal Message system. You no longer need to guess their correct username to send a message, simply start typing and it will search for the user.
GOL was first to break the news about Civilization VI being officially confirmed for Linux, which was pretty fun to have up both personally because it’s going to be fun and professionally for the website.
There will be an interview with Aspyr Media after the release of Civilization VI, I am also waiting on Feral Interactive finishing up their responses to a load of questions myself and BTRE sent over to them.
You can see who has contributed to GOL at any time on this page. In the last month I have put up 179 articles.
I hope that this shows you that your money is worth it and that I’m in it for the community, not just to put bread on my table. Thank you! Please do consider supporting me on Patreon if you think it’s worth it, no worries if you can’t or won’t. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
So here’s what I’ve been up to recently, and this is on top of daily news snippets, longer reviews, interviews and so on.
The livestream schedule page is reasonably new, which is a community page (not just for us). Anyone in the Linux gaming community can schedule a stream event on it (for any site: Hitbox, Youtube, Twitch etc). It has an ical, so you can add it to whatever calendar you use to keep track of what’s coming up.
I also rolled out the Linux gamer video directory, so it will list everyone who has a Youtube or Twitch channel setup. It will also tell you who in the community is live on Twitch right now. It’s likely I will update your profiles to have a checkbox to state you stream Linux games, so we don’t get an influx of people on other systems which aren’t relevant showing up when they go live.
I updated the User Statistics page to include trending graphs, so you can see how things have changed as the months go on. I’ve actually seen that page get passed between developers and users, proving that at least some people find it useful to reference. There’s still nothing else like it to sample the Linux gaming community, so that’s fun for us to have.
The entire code behind GOL is now open source here: https://gitlab.com/liamdawe/gamingonlinux as requested by some in the community.
In the last week, I have also rolled out our very own code to render graphs we use for benchmarks, GOTY awards and more. They look far better than what we had before and I have absolute control over them to add features as we need them. They’re fully responsive on desktop and mobile, while still being readable on mobile without going off the page requiring some form of scrolling like I’ve seen on plenty of other sites. Again, this is all open source.
I ran another successful Linux GOTY award, and those results are powered by my new graphs. The statistic system still needs to be moved over to the new graphs, and will do once I’ve sorted issues with long label names (in progress).
I also recently upgraded the Personal Message system. You no longer need to guess their correct username to send a message, simply start typing and it will search for the user.
GOL was first to break the news about Civilization VI being officially confirmed for Linux, which was pretty fun to have up both personally because it’s going to be fun and professionally for the website.
There will be an interview with Aspyr Media after the release of Civilization VI, I am also waiting on Feral Interactive finishing up their responses to a load of questions myself and BTRE sent over to them.
You can see who has contributed to GOL at any time on this page. In the last month I have put up 179 articles.
I hope that this shows you that your money is worth it and that I’m in it for the community, not just to put bread on my table. Thank you! Please do consider supporting me on Patreon if you think it’s worth it, no worries if you can’t or won’t. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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GustyGhost Feb 3, 2017
Here, you've earned this, buddy.
Do I get a special title now?
Do I get a special title now?
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Just started supporting, just registered this site but have been browsing GOL on daily basis. Thank you for this site and all the work you've done liam.
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thanks for all the hard work Liam, it's been a real pleasure to see the huge progress you and GOL have made, and the impact you've had on the community
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Funding you Liam is the best spent money for me each month.
I hope this gets you millions. :-)
I hope this gets you millions. :-)
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Thanks guys, any new Patrons will get the GOL Supporter badge next month when payments go through (we do ours monthly, not there and then).
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I´ve just started too. Only with a little amount ... but a German proverb says "Kleinvieh macht auch Mist" (little cattle also make crap).
Likewise, I have registered today on this site, although I have been here for almost 1-2 months almost every day.
So it will probably continue ... Win7 will be my last (native) Windows. Perhaps there is a locked in a virtual machine Windows again ... but otherwise I will go over long or short completely to Linux.
As an old gaming hare, which in 2004 even established a still existing gaming clan, I would like, of course, under Linux continue gamble. This page helps me find my way around. That's why I like to support this site.
Likewise, I have registered today on this site, although I have been here for almost 1-2 months almost every day.
So it will probably continue ... Win7 will be my last (native) Windows. Perhaps there is a locked in a virtual machine Windows again ... but otherwise I will go over long or short completely to Linux.
As an old gaming hare, which in 2004 even established a still existing gaming clan, I would like, of course, under Linux continue gamble. This page helps me find my way around. That's why I like to support this site.
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Liam
Have you ever thought of opening a key store? People here are complaining the most about getting Linux keys, how to buy it (and when) to make it count as Linux and stuff. It's confusing for a lot of people so why wouldn't you open a store where every sale would count as Linux. So when there is a key in Liam's store it's surely working on Linux and supporting Linux porters/developers. I sure would buy games here with confidence instead of taking the business elsewhere and it would give you some revenue, maybe a lot at some point. I also wouldn't mind game related ads.
Have you ever thought of opening a key store? People here are complaining the most about getting Linux keys, how to buy it (and when) to make it count as Linux and stuff. It's confusing for a lot of people so why wouldn't you open a store where every sale would count as Linux. So when there is a key in Liam's store it's surely working on Linux and supporting Linux porters/developers. I sure would buy games here with confidence instead of taking the business elsewhere and it would give you some revenue, maybe a lot at some point. I also wouldn't mind game related ads.
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Quoting: killyouLiamWe did have one with Games Republic for a time, but they have shut down now. The major problem with this is the time and effort involved with likely little pay-off. It would be a massive undertaking to do my own key store. Not just to get it working, but to get developers to work with me. It's just too much.
Have you ever thought of opening a key store? People here are complaining the most about getting Linux keys, how to buy it (and when) to make it count as Linux and stuff. It's confusing for a lot of people so why wouldn't you open a store where every sale would count as Linux. So when there is a key in Liam's store it's surely working on Linux and supporting Linux porters/developers. I sure would buy games here with confidence instead of taking the business elsewhere and it would give you some revenue, maybe a lot at some point. I also wouldn't mind game related ads.
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Happy to help Liam.
This is a neat little community and much better than some Linux FB groups *eye roll*
This is a neat little community and much better than some Linux FB groups *eye roll*
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oldrocker99 Feb 3, 2017
It is a pleasure being able to contribute, and Liam is doing a terrific job keeping this excellent site running. I visit every day, seriously.
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