You need to add System 76's "Pop!_OS", and the NVIDIA GeForce 920MX; both are it is missing from the computer specifications.

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For a game that is Open Source, 0 A.D. is grossly under-rated and even when compared to commercial games, it's pretty impressive... If you haven't yet taken this for a spin, I highly recommend you do so.

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Strangely though, they're actually cheaper on Steam, looks like the GOG prices are a little inflated.

I'd rather pay a little more for a DRM-free version of a game via GOG.com any day of the week... This is why when I purchase a game, I always look at GOG.com first, then the developer's web site (sometimes they offer DRM-free versions via their website) then Steam.

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Quoting: razing32Nice they ported it .
Sadly , I recall this one was the weakest in the series.

I too don't think it was the strongest game in the series... Heck, I thought the original ("Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons" ) was better.

But eventually I'll pick it up, purely because they've gone to the effort of porting it to Linux.

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyThis is great and all, but I'm still waiting for the "Wolfenstein" and "Doom" sagas to be made available for Linux-based operating systems on GOG.com... All those wonderful games are sitting on my "wish" list, just waiting for purchase, GOG.com!

I will be picking-up this package (the Earthworm Jim package) as soon as I can though, because I'm old enough to remember when these games originally came out and Earthworm Jim is awesome.

*Facepalm*

So after all that, it turns out that not only do I already own both "Earthworm Jim" games from waaay back in my Windows days, but also all three "classic" Doom games... Earthworm Jim now obviously has a native Linux port and appears to work flawlessly, whilst the "Doom" games seem to work just fine via WINE, most of the time (occasionally they crash when I try to run them).

It's a shame that I wasn't able to make all these games count as "Linux" sales, but it did give me an excuse to buy the Jazz Jackrabbit Collection instead, and I'll probably pickup Tacoma a little later...

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Just bought Jazz Jackrabbit... So many good memories!

Now all we need is Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - I never got to play that one, so I'd love the chance to do so...

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Quoting: HamishIf you are holding off in the hope that you can make your purchase count as a Linux sale that is fair enough, but if all you want to do is actually play Doom or Wolfenstein 3D on Linux you would be far better off using any number of source ports than a DOSBox wrapper.

It's both - to count as a "Linux" sale and to simply play these games.

As for those source ports, I have two issues with these - Wikipedia implies [External Link] that these are inferior in comparison to the original versions, and I haven't been able to actually find them for download anywhere... Besides, I would much rather my money go towards the developers, even if it's only in part.

Quoting: slaapliedjeI think the best idea would be if GoG (or even Steam) could get permission to sell the Linux native versions of these. There are many different source ports, but I think a good many of them (especially Doom 3) had a proper port released by id.

I don't understand why they haven't.

We're not talking about any old games here, we're talking about the Wolfenstein/Doom franchise - a collection of some of the most iconic games ever released for computers (and eventually, just about everything else!)... It would be worth trying to get native versions of these games even if it was for no other reason than the fact that they are so iconic; though I would be surprised if GOG.com didn't at least break-even (make what they spent back) on the costs associated with the effort.

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This is great and all, but I'm still waiting for the "Wolfenstein" and "Doom" sagas to be made available for Linux-based operating systems on GOG.com... All those wonderful games are sitting on my "wish" list, just waiting for purchase, GOG.com!

I will be picking-up this package (the Earthworm Jim package) as soon as I can though, because I'm old enough to remember when these games originally came out and Earthworm Jim is awesome.

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Let's see...

* Valve basically did nothing to market "Steam Machines" in Australia and if I'm not too much mistaken, they were never even "officially" released in Australia (though we do have the "Steam" controllers in EB Games/GameStop);
* Steam Machine manufacturers - including Alienware - almost universally pushed "regular" computers over Steam Machines, even in markets where Steam Machines WERE actively sold;
* Much of the functionality in Steam (such as Steam VR) is still not officially supported by SteamOS.
* Too few "AAA" titles are still being brought to Steam/SteamOS - and Valve is not pushing hard enough to change this.

Yep, clearly there wasn't much effort behind this... In fact, I almost wonder why Valve even bothered at all.

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Quoting: Darkdisorder78All I know is that Valve was not ready to ship Steam OS. It is still not ready for a mass audience. It's a bit sad to see. It's very much unfinished like Android TV.

Ugh, Android TV.

I just bought a smart television running Android TV a couple of months ago, and not a day goes by when I don't regret it.. Absolute pile of rubbish.

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