Linux

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This article is about an operating system. For the source port, see Linux Doom.

Doom was first ported to Linux in 1994 by Dave Taylor of id Software. The last Linux Doom binaries were provided by id on October 13, 1996 through the company's FTP server. It was this version whose source code was later released (the DOS version could not be released due to copyright issues concerning the sound library). Originally, the code was distributed under the Doom Source License, but it was later reissued under the GNU General Public License.

Shareware versions of the game were commonly packed onto Linux discs, such as those included with the books Linux Secrets (alongside Taylor's Abuse), Using Linux and Linux Unleashed, and packages such as the Linux Complete Starter Kit.[1][2][3] It was also featured on numerous compilation discs, including Linux Cubed Series 8 LINUX Games by Omeron Systems in 1997 and Linux Games by Walnut Creek CDROM in 1999. The game was reviewed by Linux Journal in December 1994.[4][5]

Doom 3 also received an in-house Linux port by programmer Timothee Besset, released on October 1, 2004. Strife: Veteran Edition officially supports Linux.

The Google Stadia versions of Doom (2016), Doom Eternal, and Doom 64 ran on a Debian server, but these ports have not been released to the general public.

Source ports running on Linux[edit]

In addition, the original DOS version can be run using DOSBox as well as Doom95 or Doom Classic/Unity via Wine.

The 2020 remaster for Doom 64 has not been released for Linux, but the earlier Doom 64 EX port is available. The Doom64EX-Plus fork is compatible with the DOOM64.WAD from the remaster as of version 3.6.0. The GZDoom conversion Doom CE can also be used, which also replicates Playstation Doom.

Dhewm3, RBDOOM-3-BFG, DOOM BFA and most other Doom 3 source ports are also Linux compatible.

Editors running on Linux[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • Dave Taylor famously said in the initial release notes for the Linux version that he made it because "Linux gives me a woody."[8]
  • The map set Linux Jank was entirely created from Linux using the compatible editor Eureka.

References[edit]

  1. Special Edition. Using Linux. ISBN 9780470485460 p287
  2. Linux Secrets. ISBN 9781568847986 p96
  3. Linux Unleashed. ISBN 0672313723 p981
  4. Lunduke, Bryan (31 March 2023). "The very first article about video games on Linux... from 1994." Substack. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  5. Johnson, Michael K. (1 December 2023). "DOOM." Linux Journal. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  6. http://interreality.org/~tetron/technology/lde/
  7. Palacio, Daniel (26 January 2020). "'ReDoomEd', a port of the original Doom level editor, was released on Linux." GamingOnLinux. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  8. Gordon, Ryan (13 February 2012). "2009 SouthEast LinuxFest - Ryan "Icculus" Gordon - Linux Gaming." SouthEast LinuxFest. Retrieved 20 January 2024.