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Online Gaming Store GOG Launches New Scheme To Save Games From Disappearing (kotaku.com)

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[–] 9488fcea02a9 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If we could somehow merge steam's linux support, with GOG's dedication to DRM-free preservation of games

I really tried to support GOG for a long time, but steam was much easier when i went 100% linux

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I use Heroic Games Launcher to run GOG and Epic games on Linux. It'd be great to get some official support, but it's the next best thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Allowing 3rd party clients is better than official support

Stores shouldn’t also be in control of the client

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I haven't had any issues with gog + lutris, quite a smooth experience actually.

Though most of the games in my library are older tbf.

[–] 9488fcea02a9 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Steam has been so easy since proton, i honestly never learned to use lutris. I think i played with it once and gave up, but this was 6 years ago at this point. Maybe its easier to use now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its pretty easy and straightforward. You can connect to your gog account from inside lutris, browse your games, download and install.

Which then sit cleanly next to other games you may have, roms, etc.

[–] 9488fcea02a9 2 points 1 week ago

Wow thanks. That sounds amazing!

Will definitely give it a try asap

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was also in your position.

Tried to use lutris a few years back and got spooked. I tried lutris again this year and the process seems to be more streamlined. I just tried installing an ancient game from an ISO and lutris asked me "are you trying to install game A? Then we will apply the patches for game A". It was all automatic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've had fewer problems with GoG + Lutris in Linux than I've had with Steam in Linux, to the point that I had to pirate one of my Steam games in order to be able to run it in Linux (the pirate version runs just fine).

Mind you, I get the impression that older AAA games are the most problematic ones, thought that's maybe because I don't run anything with Kernel Anti-Cheat and nowadays don't really do online gaming (in fact all my games in Lutris are run inside a firejail sandbox with network access disabled).