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Re: Gog.com Now Supports Linux

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Post by exterm »

Can't wait for them to give more of their extensive back catalog the linux treatment.

With this and steam linux edition, the future looks bright for linux gamers.

Playing colonization on linux this evening :-)

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Post by wink »

I've been using Linux for work for years (software developer) but my main machine at home is still running Windows 7 because for me, the state of gaming is still kind of horrible on Linux.

Am I the only one who just gave up because of video and sound driver issues? That's for 3d, of course - as stated above, everything in a window manager usually works just fine.

That said, this is awesome news, maybe I'll come around to try dualboot again (after many, many years) because it could be easier to get my Radeon working under Linux than some of the other chips (especially on laptops) in the past.

Re: Gog.com Now Supports Linux

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Post by endgame »

I'm surprised that Papers Please is missing, given that the game has already been released on GNU/Linux release through the developer's website. I wouldn't be surprised if there is other such low-hanging fruit in their catalogue.

Re: Gog.com Now Supports Linux

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Post by exterm »

endgame wrote: post #6

I'm surprised that Papers Please is missing, given that the game has already been released on GNU/Linux release through the developer's website. I wouldn't be surprised if there is other such low-hanging fruit in their catalogue.

I agree, there will be lots of low hanging fruits. But I guess GOG is playtesting every single one of them so it could take a while. The linux testing team is probably smaller than the windows and mac teams.

Just speculation ;-)

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Post by mercurial »

wink wrote: post #4

I've been using Linux for work for years (software developer) but my main machine at home is still running Windows 7 because for me, the state of gaming is still kind of horrible on Linux. Am I the only one who just gave up because of video and sound driver issues? That's for 3d, of course - as stated above, everything in a window manager usually works just fine. That said, this is awesome news, maybe I'll come aroun…

It depends. I'm playing Enemy Unknown without a hitch with an older Nvidia card. The beta of Sunless Sea (arguably not a demanding game, but Unity seems to have a bad rep on Linux) runs well on Intel graphics. Gaming on Linux has improved by leaps and bounds, to the point where I gave up on dualbooting Windows a few years ago (though I'm not a avid gamer).

PS: don't know why you get downvoted. I wish it was possible to flag unwarranted downvotes...

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