i actually love penguins, but won't participate.

i don't know why, but always when i read or hear the word penguin, i always think about that one scene from futurama

How technical you need to be when installing Linux depends on the setup you want to make.

For a computer that only has Linux as operating system, not so much. When installing there's an option to just erase all disk and Install Linux automatically

If you want to dual boot with windows, things got a bit technical. You need to know about partition, and how to set it up for both OS. Some newer Linux like recent Linux Mint has the option "Install along side WIndows" which make things easier.

I still manually set up partition for my dual boot installation every time I install OS because there's too many data there and I can't risk an automatic process destroy them (did once, never again)

Regarding what percent of games work , I suggest you look up / ask around first what games you wish to play on Linux. and then decided if you'll be OK with whatever available on Linux. Easiest way to do it is to go to GOG / Steam and filter games by OS

Currently, there's not so much AAA games on Linux. We're lucky Square Enix west supported Linux by having Feral porting their games to Linux (Rise of Tomb Raider, Deus Ex Mankind Divided for example). Another high profile games are Civilization 5 & 6. Some multiplayer FPS, etc. I really wish Bethesda would consider Linux. I like some of their games, but they are not available on Linux. Elder Scroll, Fallout, Dishonored.

There is a software on Linux called "wine". That is for running windows application on Linux. Many Linux users use it to play windows games on Linux. I myself use it with Deus Ex ( 1, Human Revolution), Clive Baker Undying, Dishonored, etc. Anything that's below DirectX 10 has a good chance to run. While wine support for DX10/11 is WIP and shows a good progress so far. If a game is good and popular, wine developers are trying to make it run better. That's why The Witcher 3 runs almost perfect on it (there's still some issue that's being worked on)

Thank you and the Linux community. I still want to try Linux, but have so little time =/

> Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
> Fallout 2 (includes TES:Arena and TES: Daggerfall)
> Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga + Baldur's Gate 2: Complete
> Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete
> Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - GOTY Deluxe (includes TES:Arena and TES: Daggerfall)

So this wasn't a Club Penguin giveaway..

Dear penguin lover, thank you for your generosity. Penguins are truly fascinating animals. We some times even kind of forget they are birds.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcx6YyXvvRI

I'd like to be in for a chance of playing one of these games on my PC (Penguin Computer):

Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - GOTY
Torchlight II

Happy New Year everybody!

Thank you for the giveaway. Happy new year.

I would like to be in for:

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - GOTY Deluxe
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Psychonauts
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

Thank you! I'd like to nominate user Yivrett for:

> Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - GOTY Deluxe

Thank you for all the great games in your giveaway!
I'd like to be in for:
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - GOTY Deluxe

I've been a linux user (ubuntu) since 2010, was exclusively using linux for a while, shifted to xubuntu when Gnome Unity turned out to be so poo. When I got a new laptop, unfortunately, setting it up with its higher specs and graphics card proved too complicated for me, so I dualboot now, but mostly use Windows 7 :/.

This Giveaway is now closed. Thank you to all those who donated, participated in the discussion, those who asked questions, considered alternatives or thought outside the Windows box, and to our Linux community who answered them and encouraged exploration. Thanks also for sharing some fun penguin gifs/videos/trivia. :)

Happy New Year all! Good Luck to the entrants and nominee. Results will be determined by Random.org and winners will be contacted shortly. Please be sure to have your Chat settings set to all.

You are welcome, and Happy 2018! When we changed over to Linux we had first thought we would have to dual boot Win 7 as well. Luckily for us it turned out that our requirements allow us to run Linux and keep Win 7 in a VM only environment. However I do have to admit to having an older laptop that I do still dual boot. ;)

Thanks bjgamer for the great giveaway and for sharing your experience.

I believe that even if we're niche, we're changing world to the better. And I really believe in Linux being a proper solution for a lot of problems of everyday PC users.

And thank you of course for a great game. I had about 10- or 15-years gap in gaming and after coming back I found out that somehow now I'm just much better in immersion than before. I remember the atmosphere of the game I tried years ago and that's the reason I expect it will be outstanding experience. And - will play on my beloved Linux, which makes it even better! Really, thanks a lot!!

Thank you bjgamer for the game. I hope you had a good new years. I am going to have to get used to putting 2018 on forms now.

Thank bjgamer for the game :)
And congrats to other winners

Thank you for Torchlight II, bjgamer.

Happy 2018 everyone.

Thank You very much BJGamer and Skirtish for The Baldur's Gate games. When I get home I'll get busy installing the patches for them. Any tips anyone???