Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agoGOG Fighting the Good Fightlemmy.caimagemessage-square311linkfedilinkarrow-up11.73Karrow-down113
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minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·6 days agoKind of. You can install stuff like lutris or steamdeck plugins that connect to gog and download games for you The cover question is: do the games support Linux? And with proton, a lot of them do
minus-squareDon't forget to stay hydrated.🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 days agoWhat does the “Linux” filter refer to then? https://www.gog.com/en/games/new?systems=linux Edit: I tried with a random free game. Provided was a shell script with binary data appended to it.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoNative supported Linux games. Why?
minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoSo Linux users can install the game without having to use some translation software like Proton.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoDepends on the game. A giant part of their library is, well, good old games, that only run on Windows natively
minus-squareDon't forget to stay hydrated.🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoYeah, I thought that was the question. I never considered downloader/launcher, or whatever their software does.
minus-squarecloudskater@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 days agoI’d recommend Bottles over Lutris due to the latter’s unfortunate use of LLMs/AI.
Kind of. You can install stuff like lutris or steamdeck plugins that connect to gog and download games for you
The cover question is: do the games support Linux? And with proton, a lot of them do
What does the “Linux” filter refer to then?
https://www.gog.com/en/games/new?systems=linux
Edit: I tried with a random free game. Provided was a shell script with binary data appended to it.
Native supported Linux games. Why?
So Linux users can install the game without having to use some translation software like Proton.
Depends on the game. A giant part of their library is, well, good old games, that only run on Windows natively
Yeah, I thought that was the question. I never considered downloader/launcher, or whatever their software does.
I’d recommend Bottles over Lutris due to the latter’s unfortunate use of LLMs/AI.