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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by LtWorf on Friday January 30, 2026 @11:55AM (#46826782)
There are a lot of older games that won't run on windows 11 as well. In fact most of my games no longer work on windows 11.

Your point?

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by jayd16 on Friday January 30, 2026 @12:36PM (#46827266)
Yeah? Most? So like what?
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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by LtWorf on Saturday January 31, 2026 @05:15AM (#46835236)
So targeting windows isn't stable either? Which is why GOG even exists.
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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by jayd16 on Saturday January 31, 2026 @07:08PM (#46842233)
I'm asking what your game library is full of if most can't run on windows 11.
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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by LtWorf on Sunday February 01, 2026 @04:24AM (#46844782)
directX 5 :)
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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by Shorel on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @09:48AM (#46871634)
I still have a couple of brain games I use from the Win 3.11 era.

And they run fine.

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