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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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Kot-In-Action modding Portal - Steel Storm and Darkplaces

By Liam Dawe, 20 Dec 2011

Alex the awesome developer behind the Steel Storm series sent me word on a new portal website he has put up to help modders; QuoteHi Liam, I...

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Native Client - Gaming in Chrome

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2011

Okay so I struggled for a decent title on this one... Native Client is a newish plugin for Chrome developed by Google to give native performance to applications that are built against it to run in the Google Chrome Browser. You can find all ...

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Caster now on Desura!

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2011

Caster is now on Desura! QuoteDash across Scenic Locations destroying bug like creatures...

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Revenge of the Titans new version + removal from Desura

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2011

Something that has been talked about on our shoutbox/chatbox is that Revenge of the Titans will b...

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CoreBreach out on Desura!

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2011

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Cobalt coming soon! Platformer published by Mojang

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2011

Mojang the creators behind the super indie hit Minecraft are publishing (and helping to develop now too) a game called Cobalt and have posted an update ...

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Humble Indie Bundle 4

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2011

Wow what a year to be a Linux gamer, Humble Indie Bundle 4 is now out! Including some really awesome never before seen on Linux games (some really are awesome and I've been wait...

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Reminder - Win a copy of the Humble Introversion Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2011

Just a reminder that there are only 4 days left to enter to win a full gift-able copy of the Humble Introversion Bundle.

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Lariad a space adventure

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2011

A new-ish platformer game has come out for Linux, Mac an...

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Dungeons of Dredmor expansion - Realm of the Diggle Gods!

By Liam Dawe, 11 Dec 2011

One of the best indie games to come out this year, infact dare i say it ever has announced an expansion pack to their game Dungeons of Dredmor named "Realm of the Diggle Gods"

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Towns having a comment contest giveaway!

By Liam Dawe, 10 Dec 2011

The newest Alpha Funded game on Desura - Towns is doing a comment give-away. All you need to do is make an "...

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Steel Storm 2 info

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2011

Alex sent me word on some more information he has released on Steel Storm 2 the in-developement FPS game based in the same universe as

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Win a copy of the Humble Introversion Bundle!

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2011

Okay folks now that the Humble Introversion Bundle is finish it's time for me to give up the gift copy I purchased, with it you can keep it for yourself or gift it onto someone else!

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Ensign 1 space shooter updates!

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2011

While I have covered Ensign 1 a couple of times, I decided to hold off on further updates until we had something fun to show, Brandon the main guy behind

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Trine 2 next year...we already knew!

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2011

Well folks it seems the Trine 2 hype has started again since it has now been released for Windows and Mac. A couple of other websites are now reporting it's not coming to Linux until...

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CoreBreach racing coming to Desura for Linux!

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2011

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Desura open source info

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2011

While trying to keep up with everything going on right now it is good to see that the Desura client open source is still going ahead and an unofficial update has been

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GameMaker coming to Linux and other game creator info!

By Liam Dawe, 4 Dec 2011

GameMaker one of the popular game creators for Windows is coming to Linux it seems! Their official news post is here

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Aleph One 1.0!

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2011

Greetings gamers, Aleph One has reached 1.0! The games the Bungie did before their famed Halo series are open to everyone to play on the Aleph One engine, I have yet to try them but they look pretty good, they look like the earlier Doom and ...