Gog frustrate me. It seems that Linux users and people who dislike DRM are natural bedfellows, yet they continue to not support Linux even after saying they'd bring Gog Galaxy to it.

Now I'm sure people will reply with "why don't you just configure bottles, why don't you install Wine and these 30 prefixes, why don't you install Lutris", but all of that has quirks, extra set up time, and extra complexity.

I don't want to battle my PC, that's half the reason I moved from Windows in the first place. I just want to open the launcher, click install, then click play and have it work. Steam has that going for it.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Now I'm sure people will reply with "why don't you just configure bottles, why don't you install Wine and these 30 prefixes, why don't you install Lutris", but all of that has quirks, extra set up time, and extra complexity.

But you have to install a launcher no matter what. Why does it matter if it's Heroic or GoG Galaxy?

Also, they kick back some money to Heroic if that's being used, which is nice. I don't know if anyone else does that. I think the "CDPR doesn't support Linux" argument is overblown. Sure, they could do more, but it all takes time and at the expense of working on something else.

[–] Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] petit_fou@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

They do for Gog games, but it's currently in beta and they warn that you could lose your save files if you use that feature.

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