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Linux Installers for Linux Gamers (also known as liflg) is a website that supplies and builds game installers for Linux using the Loki and Mojo setup tools.
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The goal of the project is that this will supply a user friendly interface for the use of Linux native games. Through the use of these tools they also hope to allow older game ports, such as those created by Loki Software, to run better on modern systems. This is accomplished in multiple ways, such as installing legacy libraries alongside the program if needed. The installers also allow users to install some games with all potential patches already applied. The project also occasionally releases installers for popular game modifications, such as Red Orchestra: Combined Arms.
The website once also supplied installers for emulated games using software such as WINE and Cedega, but eventually abandoned this in 2007 to focus exclusively on native titles. Some of their WINE based installers can still be found from some other sources.
The project has earned the respect of well-known Linux gaming professionals, such as Ryan C. Gordon and Timothee Besset.
Available installers
The website currently hosts installers for forty-one games, which are divided into two categories.
Stable installers
The following games installers, available from linux installers for linux gamers, are considered to be completed: Aliens versus Predator, Ankh, Cube, Devastation, Docking Station, Doom 3, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Freespace: The Great War, Glest, Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.², Heroes of Might and Magic III, Jagged Alliance 2, Kingpin: Life of Crime, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Neverwinter Nights, No Gravity, Quake, Quake II, Racer, Savage: The Battle for Newerth, Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Serious Sam 2, Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Vegastrike.
Beta installers
The following games installers, available from linux installers for linux gamers, are considered to be under development: Civilization: Call to Power, Eric's Ultimate Solitaire, Heavy Gear II, Heretic II, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns, Myth II: Soulblighter, Railroad Tycoon II, Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Sim City 3000, Soldier of Fortune, and Warsow.