hi, i would like to try how go games declared for linux in linux ubuntu. unfortunately, i know little about linux, so i dont know how to continue after downloading game file for linux.

stupid way like in windows (double click and wait) doesnt work. someting long in somewhat like notepad starts to happen but with error on the end.

please, provide me link or steps what to write in terminal to install most of games (i know that some would be problematic not working by the easiest procedure).

thank you, friends :-)

ubuntu?:O but why?

Hello, Flanner.

Here's a quick tip: Most games sold on GOG were designed on Windows. So you'll have to install WINE to run them. Or Dosbox, if they were made for DOS.

But instead of doing that, you should instead use something that'll automate most of this process for you such as Lutris, which is a nice game launcher.

There are some titles for native Linux, but those are few and far between.

It does, you just have make file executable first.

Either "chmod +x installer.sh" in console or from right click file properties menu (depending on your file manager/desktop environment).

I know they said that, but I also stressing the non-zero chance they'll want to play Windows Games/downloaded one by accident.

yess

If it's the same as debian then
./filename.sh
should work.

I went ahead and downloaded Ubuntu Linux desktop (22.04 with Gnome).
With a couple of games on a pen drive, while running live iso, making the installer script executable didn't work, either from the "right click-permissions" or "chmod -x" (even with sudo).

Enough gibberish talk, here is how I've done it, the simple way:
Copy the game from the USB pen drive to some folder, destop in my case
Right click the copied installer, choose Properties and Permissions then check the box "Allow executing as a program"close everything and right click the installer and choose "Run as a program"
From now, just next -> next to proceed with installation and you'll find the game shortcut in the "show applications"

Keep in mind we are on a transition phase from 32-bit to 64-bit and some operating systems have already deprecated 32-bit libraries. Ubuntu is one of them (MacOS also) and there are some older games wich have not been patched yet.

General tips:
If the any game won't launch from the desktop icon, launch it from the terminal to see what is happening. If you find hard to navigate on the terminal, just open the file explorer (Nautilus in Ubuntu 22.04), right click and choose "open in terminal", write "./" and the name of the script. Exemple: ./gog_metal_slug_x_2.0.0.1.sh

Linux Mint Cinnamon is a bit more intuitive than Ubuntu. If you ask 20 people here you'll get 20 diferent favorite distros and I've been using MX Linux KDE lately but any time I want something done without assle, from games to making dual graphics work and selectable with a single click, Linux Mint is the one.

If any game won't launch, the system might be missing some libraries. check the GOG's game page (click for exeple) and in the requirements, you can check wich libraries. On Debian and derivatives (like Ubuntu and Linux Mint) you can type in terminal sudo apt install libraryName

To my surprise, neither will work while the installer was on the USB pen drive, safety reasons probably. Heck, even opening the game via desktop shortcut (after installation) prompted a "file is not safe, your bank accound will be zeroed, house burned and first child kidnapped and trained to be a future influencer. If you are absolutely certain you want this to happen (and much more), allow the launcher to work by right click and choose, allow to launch"

At that time I was expecting a freaking smiley face at the end :)

Is literally just an outdated version of Ubuntu. I really don't get what people see in the table scraps of the leftovers of Debian. If you want an unsupported application backdated several years taped together with backports, by all means, use a distro that is a longterm service port of a longterm service port.

I frankly loathe what Ubuntu did to cause confusion in the distro space conflating preinstalled desktops as something unique or special.

Maybe. I wouldn't be surprised if you are using FAT of some description which probably won't have those, as ext2/ext3/ext4 and some other filesystems have 3 bits for permissions. Read, Write, and Execute. While MS-DOS and Microsoft based look at the extension and then try to run the program that fits the extension, with bat, com, and exe as executable types.

You can force it to work even without by using bash (at least in my experience). so bash ./installer.sh.

Sorry, what Ubuntu did? And what this link has to do with Ubuntu?

Ubuntu introduces multiple versions of itself which literally did nothing but switch the default desktop. Instead of calling these spins or alternate desktops, they were referenced as if they were completely disparate editions; Kubuntu, Xubuntu, et al. The link has nothing to do with Ubuntu, except dispelling the myth that you have to distro hop to try a different DE/WM.

But you still can install and use any DE on Kubuntu, Xubuntu etc. And thanks to dedicated teams for these spins they are more polished and curated than say installing Plasma Debian installation which just throws in all KDE apps at once, resulting in giant mess unless you're willing to hand pick all apps you need one by one for which you need some experience for.

Yes, it can be confusing for newcomers from Windows but so is concept of desktop environments itself. And personally, although I don't use Ubuntu atm, I'd be very glad to not having to install default edition but could have polished KDE, MATE or Xfce experience out of the box.