I don't know about that. Sure, Linux users are usually more privacy conscious, but they also know this data is useful to show developers what systems people are using. They're more aware of software development and the decisions that go into it. They're also probably aware it's anonymized so it probably can't easily be tracked back to you.

I don't know what factors win out. It might just be a wash.

We also want Proton to become better, and the survey is anonymous and very transparent. I always participate gladly.

I see your idea, but i think a lot of linux gamers are propably younger and thus take more pride in linux, so they would show up

This is not true, to my knowledge. Heroic can download GOG cloud saves on Linux. Upload them, too. There may be edge cases for games using a launcher or their own cloud save system, and some games don't support GOG cloud saves, but you can absolutely keep using existing GOG cloud saves on Linux through Heroic, which has at least some official endorsement from CDPR and GOG (they have an affiliate link that gets them some revenue if you buy games from GOG within the Heroic launcher with ad support turned on).

I get that it's easy to miss this because GOG itself won't advertise it, you just kinda... have to know to use Heroic for this and turn the cloud saves option on. But it works. I use it on a dual boot setup and I've been playing The Alters back and forth.

For the record, I agree on some of the pains of trying to daily drive Linux for some things. Which is why I dual boot instead in the first place. And I do agree the packaging situation on Linux is absolutely bonkers and only makes sense in that ecosystem for entirely self-referential reasons that don't matter to users and shouldn't be a thing.

You sound like you are wanting a Windows clone. It takes a tremendous amount of work to make Windows software run on Linux and that is before you add in stuff like companies deliberately making it hard or impossible.

Linux is different and has its own way of doing things. It is far from perfect but I think it isn't realistic to expect it to magically run stuff not built for it.

Does Heroic support cloud saves like Steam and GoG Galaxy? I have a laptop that I use on trips and don't really want to have to start over or figure out where they have their saves.

Because one is the official storefront and one isn't, it's a 3rd party launcher.

Heroic is neat, I've used it, but it still has those quirks, extra set up time, configuration, and complexity that something like Steam simply doesn't.

I install Steam to buy/play Steam games. I click install, it just installs. It doesn't ask me to jump through hoops to get anticheat working, I don't need to set custom wine prefixes or do anything daft with install scripts, it just plays, and my cloud saves work flawlessly with zero additional effort.

I'd be a lot more sympathetic towards Gog if they hadn't told us on multiple occasions they were going to bring their storefront to Linux, only to not do it and ignore community questions regarding it.

I don't really see how it's overblown, either. My complaint is that Gog Galaxy doesn't support Linux, and it doesn't. I'm just stating things as they are.

Clearly you don't mind the extra legwork/tinkering (nothing wrong with that btw, tinkering is cool), but I do. I work, I have kids, my time is very limited. I've went from being an avid tinkerer on my PC to someone who can't stand it when my PC doesn't 'just work' in the simplest, fastest, barrier-free way possible.

I have like 40 games on Gog, but I don't buy from there anymore. I want to just play games on my PC/TV PC/Steam Deck without having to spend a while configuring everything, and that currently isn't possible through Gog.