I will buy World of Goo 2 for Linux from their website if they release it.
Of course, I would prefer to buy the DRM-free version from Humble Store or at least from GOG. On the other hand, I can understand that you don't have a choice.

Thank you for supporting Linux.

Quoting: CatKillerAnd World Of Goo was one of the games that kicked off mainstream Linux gaming pre-Steam with the Humble Bundles, which is commendable, too.

The mainstream Linux gaming?

No. We had the big titles on Linux and many indie games before HIB. Unfortunately, Linux users didn't have one or two online stores where you could buy most of these games. It was too fragmented for average users.

Before 2010, companies were selling games for Linux mainly directly from the websites. It wasn't easy to track all promotions. HIB fixed this issue by focusing on advertising bundles with Linux games for a few bucks. That allowed them to make more money in this way than other companies before them.

Later, many of these companies decided to sell their games for Linux only on Desura, Humble Store, or Steam.

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Thank you for the article.

You reminded me that I should buy Prison Architect for Linux.

I don't buy Prison Architect 2 if it doesn't have the native Linux version,

I want to remind everyone that when you have difficulties with native versions of Linux, you don't have to deal with these issues.

Install the older version of the operating system on the second partition. When you have the DRM-free version of a game, copy it to the partition with the supported operating system. Then enjoy playing it.

Mac users and Windows do it all the time. The console players keep different devices to play their favorite games. I keep four computers with different versions of Linux connected to the same monitor. I know Linux has problems, but I like using it despite these issues.

I respect people who are spending months porting games to Linux. Later, they read many comments that they should never do it. It must be very challenging.

Why some Linux users don't complain that open source applications are ported to Linux?

Maybe programmers should only port open source applications to Windows, Mac, MorphOS, AmigaOS, etc., and ignore Linux because we have Wine.

Firefox could be better if developers didn't waste time porting it to Linux.

I think some users can't appreciate what others are doing for them.

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Users that like classic games could also be interested in a singleplayer mode in OpenMoHAA:

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/5965/

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@Hamish
Did you try to contact them and ask about the catapult?

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderI have never gotten on well with snow games...... Maybe because im an aussie and ive never seen this mythical thing called "snow" in real life........

I like winter in Poland more than summer.

However, you can hurt yourself if you walk too fast on sidewalks during winter. It's easy to lose balance and fall.

Puddles covered with snow that don't want to step on any of them. Especially, when you are far away from your house or apartment.

Drivers need snow tires during this season.

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Thank you for the article.

There are some interesting facts about Soul Ride for Linux from LGP.

The professional manual in the PDF file is available only on the CD. It was the only situation when they didn't print it. LGP never published it on their website.

Just like Mindrover, it was the Mixed Mode CD, which is disappointing.

There are some tidbits from Wikipedia that I can confirm:

It was the only LGP game available for Linux that you can play on computers with the Alpha (the experimental version) processors. Yes, LGP released the 64-bit game!

Of course, you can find on the CD Linux binaries for x86, PowerPC, and Sparc (the experimental version). I'm not sure if it was a 64-bit version for Sparc.

Music from the CD has never worked for me in this game - I'm not sure what I was doing wrong.

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Thank you for the article.

I have to try L.O.S.E.R Corps because it looks great.

https://github.com/moefh/loser-corps [External Link]

I think that I never played it.

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumI think you're missing the point that for many of us users, Linux is a full replacement for Windows :smile:.

BSD/Solaris with Wine, Linux with Wine/Proton, and macOS with CrossOver won't replace Windows. You turn off the emulator, and you have to deal with the Unix-like operating system.
Users don't have a full replacement for Windows 9x/NT - It's hard to recommend ReactOS. I can say that FreeDOS could replace DOS, and ArcaOS is the great alternative for Windows 3.1.

Quoting: BlackBloodRumI have been using Linux exclusively for many years now, even before the mainstream gaming companies started supporting Linux. There was a time where gaming was near non-existent on Linux. I still used my computers with no Windows at that time too.

I can say that gaming was nearly non-existent before 1998, when Linux users had a few commercial games.

Quoting: BlackBloodRumWith that said, I don't treat Linux as "something terrible" as for me, it works and it works well. It fits me like a glove.

I have low expecations about Linux. You can easily find hardware that doesn't support Linux or barely works. I don't blame Linux, but it can't replace Windows in this area. However, I can avoid buying problematic hardware if I use Linux, which can give me a better experience.

Similarly, Linux has many applications and games that we can use. We can accept them with all the issues or jealously look at Windows versions.

We overestimate Linux with Wine/Proton as a replacement for Windows. Users are smart enough to notice that they have higher expectations than even the playable state of a game for Windows.

It's just terrible marketing for Linux, and people shouldn't promote it in this way.

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Quoting: Mnoleg

Quoting: gbudnyI still have the CD with the Linux version of Sin.
I played it on Ubuntu 20.4 with padsp.

I did the same on Fedora a few years ago and it was a terrible experience. It was probably a problem particular to my setup however. The game ran faster than normal but with constant chopping. The worst motion sickness I can remember.

I didn't have this issue with the old Intel Xeon processor, but you probably have more modern hardware.

I didn't expect it could happen with games that use Quake engines.

Quoting: whizse

Quoting: gbudnyI hope that is a legal thing because I don't want to see it removed:

The source code was not leaked but published by Jim Dosé the co-founder of Ritual Entertainment. However it was not a FLOSS release. Every file carries this warning:

"This source is may not be distributed and/or modified without expressly written permission by Ritual Entertainment, Inc."

So legally pretty sketchy.

Jim Dosé is a well-known person, so it probably makes more acceptable.

At least, we can find out what happened in the other missions of Sin.
I didn't like the ending of the base game.

@Liam Dawe
Maybe you should mention that Rohit created an installer for the Linux and Windows versions of Sin.

It's amazing when I think how much money and time companies invested in porting and publishing games for Linux over 20 years ago.

Hyperion ported all these games for Linux

Gorky 17 (Linux x86/PPC)
Sin (Linux x86/PPC)
Shogo (Linux x86)

Titan computer was a German company specializing in publishing games for Linux, Mac, Amiga, and so on. They published Shogo, Sin, and Jagged Alliance 2 for Linux.

In 2000 Titan Computer wanted to publish Majesty for Linux. We know that later, Mathieu Pinard from Tribsoft decided to help LGP in releasing Majesty to Linux x86/PPC. Similarly, Titan Computer was interested in releasing Gorky 17 for Linux. However, Hyperion decided to spend a few years porting Gorky 17 to Linux x86/PPC with a Linux team of Michael Simms.

https://web.archive.org/web/20041207053221/http://www.titan-computer.com/linux/index.html [External Link]

27.Sep 2000 Titan Computer licences Majesty from Cyberlore Studios
11.June 2000 Titan signs Gorky17 from Topware

There was a chance that Titan computer could become so well-known like Loki, LGP, Runesoft, or even Alternative Games.

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Hi

I still have the CD with the Linux version of Sin.

I played it on Ubuntu 20.4 with padsp.

Unfortunately, this version doesn't include SiN: Wages of Sin, which is a mod from the gold version.

I hope that is a legal thing because I don't want to see it removed:

I plan to release the source later, but it won't be under an open-source license since it's actually leaked.

How many times I try to explained it:

Sure, you could run Sin Gold under Proton, but where's the fun in that?

I think the issue is that many users treat Linux with Proton as a replacement for Windows. The current situation with games for Linux is different now than it was before 2010. On the other hand, I have treated this system since 2004 as something "terrible" that frequently amazes me when I can run some great games on it.

Linux is something better than many other versions of Unix, but it is very similar to them.

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