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GOG confirm they are working towards GOG Galaxy on Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [B] to c/gaming@lemmy.zip
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[–] 39 points 3 months ago (4 children)

That's exactly what I've been asking for. I like the gog model of no DRM, but being able to play on my OS of choice is more important to me, so I usually buy from steam. I know most gog games can run on Linux with manual setup, but most of the time I'm in the mood for gaming I don't want to troubleshoot, I most likely did that all day at work already. The game is the unwind from all that. When this lands I will use it to buy a new game from them, if not just for testing purposes.

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  • [–] 32 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    In the interim, Heroic Launcher is a viable alternative on Linux, since it's got integration with GOG and a wine/proton manager built in. So it'll automatically download the game and set up the prefix. It also does the same for Epic, but who give a shit about them.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    I haven't found a GOG client for Linux that's as easy as Steam. They all require some kind of fiddling. Some games that should work, just don't. I don't bother with those and I just pretend they don't exist. I play those that just work out of the box. I've tried Lutris, Heroic and Faugus.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    yeah Heroic is how I play my GOG games on Linux, and also the Epic freebies I've picked up.

    Actually as a game launcher, I prefer Heroic to Steam - if only because of the instant start-up.

    I'm kind of bored of Steam and its 60-second start-up time. Most of it is Steam waiting for network connectivity so it can confirm your account validity and connecting to Friends servers, which Heroic doesn't have to worry about.

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