GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client

Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by tmtvl on Friday January 30, 2026 @06:45AM (#46823289)

GNU/Linux gamers are always decrying GOG, saying they won't buy stuff from them because Galaxy doesn't run on GNU/Linux, now we're getting people saying GOG porting Galaxy to GNU/Linux is bad!? By Taranis, GOG just can't get a break, can they?

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by paride5745 on Friday January 30, 2026 @07:52AM (#46823869)

Yep, luckily they represent a very small, albeit loud, minority of Linux users.

The vast majority of Linux users are very happy to get an official GOG Galaxy for Linux. I hope they will plug into Proton and collaborate with Valve, but we really need official tools and brands on Linux for common users to feel comfortable enough to come over.

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by zamalek on Friday January 30, 2026 @04:17PM (#46830028)

Couldn't agree more! I have been purchasing on steam due to the lack of a native client, especially save game syncing. As a bonus, as a greenfields project, maybe we'll see less cruft than the native Steam client.

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by justonceokay on Friday January 30, 2026 @07:24AM (#46823643)

GOG needs to contribute 0-day fixes to the kernel, otherwise they’re not committed to Linux /s

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by zombot on Friday January 30, 2026 @08:37AM (#46824228)

How is GNU/Linux different from Linux?

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by pygy_ on Friday January 30, 2026 @09:03AM (#46824500)

It is the same thing, just emphasizing that the OS is more than the kernel, and than the userland comes from the GNU project.

The latter had been designed to be a full OS but didn't have a functional kernel when Linux was released, and Torvalds adopted the GNU userland for his project.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Hurd

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by Rebelgecko on Friday January 30, 2026 @11:38AM (#46826519)

Stallman preferred nomenclature

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by coryrc on Friday January 30, 2026 @09:02AM (#46824484)

Android/Linux also exists.

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by craftkiller on Friday January 30, 2026 @11:21AM (#46826267)

And Chimera Linux which is GNU-less. I guess you could call it FreeBSD/Linux but I think that'll just confuse people.

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by kachapopopow on Friday January 30, 2026 @08:40AM (#46824247)

linux is the kernel gnu is the full operating system

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by bigstrat2003 on Friday January 30, 2026 @10:38AM (#46825668)

Linux is both the name for the kernel and the full operating system.

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by jdkfkgkkdbkd on Friday January 30, 2026 @06:14PM (#46831284)

Nobody cares! ”Linux” is used as a name of the OS.

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by kachapopopow on Saturday January 31, 2026 @09:32AM (#46837022)

yah it's silly, linux typically refers to "everything" using the linux kernel. Aka Linux.

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