Ubuntu 18.04 is now officially released, so to mark this occasion we’ve teamed up with DRM free game store GOG for a sale and to throw some free games your way.
As you know, GOG have supported Linux for some time now, going way back to August 2014 where they made a bit of a splash with 50 games. Since then, they’ve continued to expand their catalogue of DRM free games. Not just modern games though, as they’re also nicely packaging some retro classics with the likes of DOSBox to make it simple for Linux gamers.
From now, GOG will be officially supporting Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04, as they will no longer be actively testing 14.04. They told me they’ve confirmed around 90% of their Linux games as fully working on the latest Ubuntu 18.04 release. They also officially support Ubuntu-based distributions like Mint and elementary OS. Personally, I think it’s fantastic GOG go through such lengths with their Linux support.
GOG have even given us one of those shiny partner pages, where we have listed a few choice Linux games to take a look at. With so many good Linux games available, it was a tough job to narrow it down to only a few. Feel free to link it to friends considering using Linux for gaming as a quick and easy list for some good choices. You can also see all Linux games currently on sale on GOG right here.
They’ve also given us 50 copies of Hacknet to give away! (Update: It's over now!)
Want to win a copy? Simply say "I love DRM free games!" somewhere in your comment to be entered. Competition closes 7PM UTC tomorrow, winners will be sent a PM directly here with a key if they win sometime after that.
As for what's new in Ubuntu 18.04, our good friends over at OMGUbuntu did a rather slick video you should check out. Will Cooke from Canonical also put up an overview with some tips to get you going. The biggest change, is the main Ubuntu version being moved from their own Unity desktop back to GNOME. For me personally, the move from Unity to GNOME Shell wasn't as big a shock as I expected, I've grown to quite like it honestly. Having a more customizable desktop certainly is handy, quite a fan of the one-click install for most GNOME plugins!
Naturally, there's many other Ubuntu-based distributions to look out for with different desktops like Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Budgie and so on with each of them having their own 18.04 release.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Well, saying that, I am not really interested in Hacknet (and have it on Humble account, DRM-free, of cource). Still, I love DRM free games, and that's it.
Sil_el_mot Apr 27, 2018
Great. i will have a long look at this
I will probably upgrade my laptop to ubuntu 18.04 soon. It currently runs 16.04 with awesome for work and i3 for entertainment.
EagleDelta Apr 27, 2018
Also, "I love DRM free games!"
unfortunately, huge part of PC gaming world is now controlled by Windows, but It's dangerous. I don't hate Microsoft, but if they turn to be evil, whole PC gaming world falls to chaos.
There should be choice for gamer. to be free, to enjoy games.
UnixOutlaw Apr 27, 2018
Just built my 3rd (or 4th? I lost count somewhere) 18.04 LTS machine today!
My main gaming rig lost its HDD yesterday - so I thought : blow it - I'll just install 18.04 LTS (or beta 2) on a new HDD... tried Xubuntu - few bugs - then ANOTHER HDD failed!
So I busted out a 10K RPM 1 TB HDD and installed 18.04 LTS on it... forgetting that it was previously a ZFS member of a RAID pool!
Reformat - re-install - now I've finally got my Bionic Beaver LTS gaming desktop going finally...
nvidia 390 > check
steam > check
dropbox > check
cooking with gas!
Sir_Diealot Apr 27, 2018
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