GOG previously said they planned to look closer at Linux, and that it was the next major frontier - and they're now working towards GOG Galaxy on Linux.

Obviously we have good 3rd party options for GoG on Linux/SteamOS, but it’s still really good to see official Linux support is coming.

    • julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de
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      14 days ago

      Official support & blessing is always better and involves less toil for maintainers in reverse engineering APIs and keeping them uptodate. For example it is much better if game developers take Linux support seriously than Valve running around fixing all the dumpster fires.

    • DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      I love Heroic, but it has some quirks that are driving me crazy. I won’t mind a fog launcher on its own. I have a bunch of games from them

    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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      13 days ago

      What I’m hoping is that they start supporting cloud saves for Linux native games, e.g. Silksong. This is something GOG needs to support server-side, and they’d only bother to do that if they have an official Linux client to do the syncing.

      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        14 days ago

        I haven’t used either, but there was some drama a few weeks back where the Lutris dev decided to start including AI code. They also preemptively went nuts over expecting people to be mad about it. Because of that, they decided to hide any signs on what code was written by the AI so people couldn’t easily tell and fork it.

        If you want to use AI for code, that’s your prerogative. I personally don’t like it but I don’t get to decide what people do with the code they write. Hiding it is just scummy.

      • julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de
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        14 days ago

        Heroic is an alternative frontend for digital game stores (which are not natively supported on Linux). You can sign in with your Epic or GOG account and play, update, etc. your games just like you would with Steam.

      • Err(()).unwrap()@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        Both Lutris and Heroic are front ends that manage the compatibility tools and runtime environments of Windows applications.

        • Lutris provides deeper, more advanced configuration options. It’s better if you want to tinker. Lately it’s been having some difficulties with zombie processes and failing to shut down games.

        • Heroic is a more streamlined experience with most of the advanced options tucked away in sub-menus, and it has storefront integrations for GOG, Epic, and I think Amazon. For downloading and installing games, it’s comparable to Steam. I use it exclusively for games I bought on GOG.

        • Faugus Launcher is similar to Lutris, but lightweight, reliable, and without the zombie process issues. I use it for most non-Steam games.

        • Bottles is a Flatpak app that runs apps in a sandboxed environment, i.e. it doesn’t expose your filesystem to the apps. It also tends to have fewer compatibility issues than other runners.