the guy bought back gog and is pushing linux? Consider me even more a gog fan
this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2026
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Genuinely, if GOG finally manages to support Linux, I will definitely return to it and start purchasing games there.
This! They say Steam isn't technically any better, but it has so much secret sauce comparing to something like Galaxy, such as Linux port, proton, workshop, steam input among other things
With heroic GOG games work flawlessly, you can use both proton and wine with it. Also supports Epic Games and other games from launchers.
Native GOG launcher on Linux would be nice, too though
I'll believe it when I see a Linux version of their Galaxy client.
They should financially support Heroic Launcher and add it to their website. Why invent something that already exists and as open source?
If you open the GOG website inside Heroic, it acts as an affiliate link and the HGL team gets a revenue split. An official partnership would still be better, but it's something.
Wasnβt aware of that. Thank you for the info.
Did not know that ! Will make sure to do that next time I buy something from gog !
He did just reacquire ownership of GOG. Porting software can take time, but this actually might happen in the near future, at least a beta version.
You don't need Galaxy. Use Heroic or better yet, don't use any launchers. GOG games are DRM-free.
Having a client that's actually integrated with your account, with the ability browse, purchase, and download games, is going to be a requirement to complete with Steam
I have a GOG library specifically because it's not tied to a stupid Valve Epic Games Uplay Launcher. This is their competitive edge. Plus, all of what you mentioned can be done with GOG through any semi-modern web browser.
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Laughs in Heroic Launcher
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You can already play the games via heroic launcher, but I am very hyped for official support. Go GOG
They should just become a contributor to Heroic.
Visiting the Store via Heroic adds Heroic's affiliate link, so they get a bit of money for every purchase you make there.
That would be a lot better than them making a proprietary launcher for linux.
My favorite part about the commend that Windows is poor quality software is the part where Satya Nadella bragged about how as much as 30% of windows is written by AI
I don't even think that 30% figure is true. They're just inflating it to butter up ai investors.
Microsoft leadership is dogshit but I doubt their devs are.. THAT dogshit...
No, it could be true. AIβespecially with .NETβtends to generate exceptionally verbose code. Especially if you use "AI best practices" such as telling the AI to ensure 100% code coverage. Then there's the, "let's not use any 3rd party libraries, because we are Microsoft" angle.
.NET is already one of the most absurdly verbose languages (only other widely-used language that's worse is Java). Copilot could easily push it over the top π€£
All it would take would be for Microsoft to have AI rewrite some of the core libraries.
Just a tip, if you guys want to containerize games such Epic Games, GoG, or other Windows apps, there is a program called Bottle which lets you do this. Can be a great added layer of security and containerization: https://usebottles.com/
However there is Lutris and Heroic for easier to use alternatives that do not offer containerized security.
Is Bottles actually containerized in any meaningful way? Last I checked it just managed wineprefixes, and Wine is not a sandbox.
It doesn't use any seperate layers of containerization other than flatpak. So if you don't install it via flatpak, it won't be sandboxed.
There is also no proper instance containerization (you can enable it in Bottles's settings, but it's marked as experimental and I've been unable to run a single application with it on), so an app installed on one instance in Bottles will have access to all other instances' files.
I could be wrong but i don't think the wine instances themselves are containerized. Maybe he's confusing it with flatpak sandboxing, since that is the only officially supported way of using it.
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Wait one of the cofounders of CD Projekt just out and bought GOG from CD Projekt? Wild
Yes! Finally!
Support the base versions and the rest will solve itself.
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