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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.

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[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

Surprised it’s taken them this long. If they care about game preservation then they need their shit working on Linux.

[–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I never used GOG galaxy, wonder what would be better than Heroic.

[–] julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour 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.

[–] Waphles@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I am new to Linux, why is Heroic better than Lutris?

[–] julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour 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.

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

It's worked more reliably for me, though it also isn't without it's issues.

[–] cron@feddit.org 24 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It has been on their wishlist since 2012. It's about time!

[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago