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GOG confirm they are working towards GOG Galaxy on Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (6 children)

A really dumb question from a non-gamer. If I were to buy a game from GOG. Say Doom, can I simply run the Windows installer with bottles? I have no interest in "modern" games and I seldom play, but I have a taste for the occasional trip down memory lane.

I do use a couple of windows programs in bottles without issue, (Bambubuddy and Meshmixer), but I don't know jack all about buying games.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    What's a bottle in this context?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I'm a poor Linux user so might not be best person to answer, but bottles on Linux provides a framework for programs to emulate a windows environment so you can run non Windows apps within Linux. This is a bad explanation, if anyone knows better please chime in.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    That is exactly what I do. Except that I use Lutris for the better logging and debugging options. Just create an empty proton prefix ("bottle") and run the installer.exe. Sometimes you might need to install the visual c++ redistributables first (download and run the exe, then run installer.exe).

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