I don't even want epic free games. Hate that company and the CEO.
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stupid ceo can try this again, next time with fortnite, then we can have a discussion. as it is, steam is the real goat of Linux gaming
Linux versions of Epic games store and GOG galaxy is still a big win for everyone
Not just because it enables more access for everyone, but because it represents a deepening commitment by these companies to Linux as a gaming platform.
The more companies see Linux as a viable gaming platform, the more consumers will. It's a virtuous cycle, and one that will only help to erode Windows grip on the desktop OS space.
It's wild that Sweeney would let this happen. He's been pretty vocally anti-linux in the past. Must be a big enough change to make him consider Linux dollars worth chasing.
It's because giving away 36a463 games didn't work...
Consider this a capitulation
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Is gog galaxy for Linux got anywhere or still in deep dev?
Consider considering that it has worked very well on macOS for years, it canβt be that much of a leap to get it working on Linux.
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The one big deal about GOG galaxy, at least for me, is that itβs been available on macOS for years, and that theyβre doing everything they can to make sure that all games currently available and playable on macOS will also continue to be playable and available on macOS even after macOS no longer supports the x64 architecture via Rosetta.
If they care that much about keeping Mac games playable even on the new arm/Mx line of chips, then Iβm sure theyβre gonna put a lot of care into making sure that old games are playable on Linux, although Iβm not entirely aware of their development timeline.
I could not really give a shit about what happens with the epic game store.
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Just means more and better support for Linux going forward. This is a good thing.
π good golden gods the year of the linux desktop is finally upon us.
We just had to wait for windows to get too shitty for average gamer
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It is a big deal. If Epic changes some API and breaks Heroic, it is your problem for using an unsupported third party application. If Epic breaks their official client, their QA manager has a problem.
I'm actually worried about that too.
I get that Sweeny doesn't like to gargle Gabe's billionaire balls as much as a lot of the users here, but Epic officially supporting Linux is a good thing.
It's good for linux, it's just not impressive for epic at all, they're starting to catch up to where steam was 20 years ago on linux support.
Epic supported Linux almost 30 years ago. They just didn't have a store back then.
Does getting ones balls gargled actually feel any good?
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Eww Lutris.
It's kinda sad. I felt the maintainers feeling of being overwhelmed and underappreciated, but that whole discussion in the issue and the later statement to just hide AI use was such a phenomenal PR debacle he'll probably never get rid of.
Lutris was pretty goodβ¦
Lutris was pretty goodβ¦
Undoubtedly, the lutris scripts really made it a great community driven project.
Just for gaming purposes, having a unified front end that:
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lets you start an application with the arguments it needs, whether to use a specific Wine folder, or start an emulator with the right arguments
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lets you tag up each application with some custom arguments - genre, date, and so on - and lets you filter and sort by them
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lets you configure each app with their own box art or whatever as an icon
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keeps some gaming-related metadata; hours played, whether you've finished it, ...
Essentially, Windows 3.1 Program Manager for the 21st century. Lutris did that quite well. Heroic doesn't let you add custom stuff, it just integrates with store fronts. RetroArch has the old-school Linux problem of "all the functionality you need, plus all the functionality anyone might ever need, plus all the functionality that no-one needs, all arranged seemingly at random in dozens of menus".
Lutris scripts were great - just having the required winetricks commands to get something obscure working was awesome, but packaged up in a useful way along with art and metadata was handy. The front-end being "only what you need" was good as well. Shame it's gone off the rails a bit...
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yeah Lutris is a shame how far it's fallen. used to be decent, the user scripts were invaluable for some games but now I won't touch that thing with a 10ft pole.
Most of the stuff can now be accomplished via stream/steamrun anyways.
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Make shitty port of shitty software => People don't use shitty port => Shitty promoter blames the platform
This will only lead to Sweeny saying 'told you so' about Linux is not a gaming platform.
Dont forget Faugus - it has slowly but surely replaced heroic on my devices.
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Epic Games as in Tim Sweeney's Epic Games?
What are the package names so I can block them from installing please
EGS has some integration with UE so if you're buying marketplace assets it's easy to keep them updated and to add them to projects. Since UE can compile to Linux if you're running Linux, this is a move that makes Linux a more appealing OS for game development.
Sure, it's all stuff you can do manually. But the sweeter you make the pot the more regular users you attract to your OS.
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This is generally great news, but even better news would be if it had like 12 users after launching.
Show Tim Shittey that everyone hates him.
Yes. We have Heroic, Lutris and Faugus and I really appreciate the work the developers have done. However, I'm 91.7% sure that I will move to the native version as soon it is available. In my experience native versions overall works better than third party ones.
While I do agree that native is often better, in this case I don't. I actually even use Heroic Launcher on Windows for Epic Games aswell.
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I just hate epic and the CEO, I don't even want their free games...
Let me guess. Their kernel malware is going to come to Linux next?
Exactly as in the post. I already have Heroic, so who cares
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