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[INS::INS] We use affiliate links to earn us some pennies. Learn more. Happy Birthday, GamingOnLinux - 16 years today By Liam Dawe - 5 Jul 2025 at 6:14 am UTC 44 comments Time really flies huh? GamingOnLinux has now been around officially for 16 years. Over the last year or two we've seen a good few other sites shut down, some had big layoffs, others got sold and turned into gambling sites, and various got sold off to the owners of IGN but we're still here to keep reporting on everything related somehow to Linux and the wider gaming industry. A big thank you as always to everyone reading, commenting and sharing our articles. An extra big thank you to all our supporters for keeping us going! Right now, things are pretty great. But, all that could change. With the continuing rise of AI being shoved into our eyeballs at every opportunity, the web is going to look quite different a year from now. With Google, Bing and others determined to get you to use AI that barely credits the writers that actually power all their responses (like me, hi). What this does is remind everyone that the big search engines are not your friends. They want your data and for you to never click away from them. The longer they keep you, the more data they can grab and the more adverts they can show you. Annoyingly, Microsoft also back in May decided to just remove us from Bing News and massively deranked us, following 1 single hour downtime due to a data centre problem and show no signs of putting us back in - which was a bit of a blow (so we barely appear in anything like DuckDuckGo now). I've tried explaining this to Microsoft, and they just don't care. Following GamingOnLinux directly is now more important than it ever has been before. How you can help: be sure to share your favourite articles to social media, Reddit and wherever else. It's not all doom and gloom though, fear not, GamingOnLinux has no plans to go anywhere. Web traffic is still currently somehow the highest it has ever been! And we have no plans to use any AI generation for anything. It's all hand-crafted spelling errors and terrible grammar here. Our Steam Tracker page also recently expanded to begin to include the top Linux distributions used on Steam over time. It's a manual process and will take a while to fill up, but I thought it would be interesting to see for the trends. Oh, and for those who liked it, our PC Info system is coming back. Stay tuned, it needs some work though to modernise it and fix a lot of issues it had in the background. You can follow GamingOnLinux across: * Bluesky * Mastodon * Telegram * Discord * WhatsApp * RSS I'm always looking for other ways for you to follow along. If you have any good ideas you can reach out any time. 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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. See more from me Some you may have missed, popular articles from the last month: [304548855id27063gol] The criminally overlooked turn-based roguelike shoot-em-up Glass Cannon just got a lot bigger [225155256id27097gol] Fedora proposal to drop 32-bit support has been withdrawn [ubuntu] Running Ubuntu 24.10? It's time to get upgrading with support ending [962434944id27043gol] Get some musical games in the June Tunes Humble Bundle [INS::INS] Comments icon You can also find comments for this article on social media: Mastodon Bluesky All posts need to follow our rules. For users logged in: please hit the Report Flag icon on any post that breaks the rules or contains illegal / harmful content. Guest readers can email us for any issues. 44 comments Subscribe Page: 1/3>> Go to: [1] [Debian]g000h 17 hours ago * Link First! Happy Birthday, thanks for all the content. 3 Likes, Who? [Debian]dpanter 16 hours ago * Link User Avatar * Mega Supporter Sweet sixteen, not bad for a temp gig! emoji 4 Likes, Who? [Fedora]Cheeseness 16 hours ago * Link User Avatar * Editor Happy birthday! Here's to many more. Glad to have been a part of things along the way! 2 Likes, Who? [Arch]Termy 16 hours ago * Link User Avatar Soon, you'll be an adult ;) Happy Birthday and thank you for all your continued efforts! :) 1 Likes, Who? [Xubuntu]KROM 15 hours ago * Link * Supporter Happy Birthday to my daily go-to Linux gaming website! Thank you for all the hard work and for keeping us in the loop! emoji 1 Likes, Who? [Manjaro]StalePopcorn 15 hours ago * Link User Avatar Congratulations! May you always receive credit where credit is due! 1 Likes, Who? [Ubuntu]Boldos 14 hours ago * Link User Avatar * Supporter Happy Birthday emojiemoji 1 Likes, Who? [Manjaro]furaxhornyx 14 hours ago * Link * Supporter Plus Happy birthday GoL emoji 1 Likes, Who? [Arch]Turkeysteaks 14 hours ago * Link * Supporter Happy Birthday! This is probably the only site I make sure to perpetually have open. Appreciate the work you do and the community here. 2 Likes, Who? [Fedora]jens 13 hours ago * Link User Avatar * Supporter Happy celebrations and very cool to still have this place here. Also thanks for the good moderation and curation which keeps this a friendly place and the preference of quality over quantity/speed. I'm not that active, but still scroll through news daily. Up to the next 16 years! Last edited by jens on 5 Jul 2025 at 11:42 am UTC 4 Likes, Who? [Debian]Eike 12 hours ago * Link * Supporter Plus Thanks for writing and for being here! 2 Likes, Who? [Debian]Maki 12 hours ago * Link * Supporter Happy birthday GOL! And many more, I'd say. emoji 1 Likes, Who? [EndeavourO]iiari 12 hours ago * Link * Supporter Plus All these years later and still perhaps the most impactful website in the entire Linux ecosystem. Congrats! 1 Likes, Who? [Arch]Molton Brown 12 hours ago * Link User Avatar * New User Happy birthday, been here for a few months and check in daily. Will continue to do so. :) 1 Likes, Who? Firehawke 11 hours ago * Link Happy birthday! I can't help but bet that Proton and the Deck were major nexus points in making this site less niche and more mainstream, and I hope things will continue to improve for years to come. Not to say you haven't earned it, though-- content is always king, and you've definitely done well in creating reasons for all of us to keep coming back. I have no doubt THAT will continue for years to come, either! 1 Likes, Who? [Ubuntu]kaiman 11 hours ago * Link Happy birthday! Appreciate the hand-made content and time and effort spend to collect all these bits of news. There's quite a bunch of interesting games I came across over here. 2 Likes, Who? [Solus]Greaser 11 hours ago * Link Happy Birthday!!! emoji Thanks for being the most important gaming site dedicated to the linux ecosystem for 16(!) years! I always appreciate your efforts, especially your guides. emoji 0 Likes [Mint]tuubi 11 hours ago * Link User Avatar * Supporter Plus Congratulations GOL, and thank you Liam (and contributors) for all you do. And we have no plans to use any AI generation for anything. It's all hand-crafted spelling errors and terrible grammar here. Good! Resist the enshittification! Oh, and for those who liked it, our PC Info system is coming back. Stay tuned, it needs some work though to modernise it and fix a lot of issues it had in the background. emoji 3 Likes, Who? dmnk 10 hours ago * Link Happy birthday! 0 Likes [Garuda]rob0tman5 10 hours ago * Link User Avatar Happy Birthday ! emoji 0 Likes 1/3>>[1] While you're here, please consider supporting GamingOnLinux on: Reward Tiers: Patreon Logo Patreon. Plain Donations: PayPal Logo PayPal. This ensures all of our main content remains totally free for everyone! Patreon supporters can also remove all adverts and sponsors! Supporting us helps bring good, fresh content. Without your continued support, we simply could not continue! You can find even more ways to support us on this dedicated page any time. If you already are, thank you! Login / Register [ ] [ ] [ ] Stay logged in. Note: Checking this box requires a cookie. 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