Getting GOG.com to support Linux

It's GOG, not GoodOldGames anymore.

Also, this has been up for months and while many other votes have came and gone, this has been widely ignored, not even a simple 'No'. From the posts on forums they said a few times they're focusing on more important issues (pushing out the new games I suppose), but never said anything directly about Linux.

I'd say this isn't going to happen this year. They will follow if Steam succeeds (so that's two or three more years in the least, before one can say whether it did) or if enough KickStarters they're working with get on Linux (so far they're working only with two, both are going to be on Linux).

Thanks for that I have amended it :)

I already sent them an email a few months back and their response about it was the usual: "We wish to provide quality service, and with the multiple distributions of Linux, cannot guarantee that."

Oh, that's such a bullshit response. Making a .tar with all the libs included and there's nothing to worry about. And making .deb and .rpm files from that is very easy and takes no more than 30 minutes per package. I could do it for them for a fraction of what an average wage is.

I do hope they change they're opinion. Especially since more than half their games already work (Dosbox, ScummVM) and they've got a couple native things (indie games, AAA games with official ports (what a weird time that was, the 00s), KickStarter games, Mono/.NET and so many more).

Well, I'm honestly just waiting for the Steam release, because it could be honestly a game changer with many of the online shops out there. That is, if they succeed (100k users in the first three months and I'd say it will be on the right track).

GOG always says that it would be too much effort and that the resources are not there but then when I discuss this with members of the Linux community, they seem to come up with simple solutions right there and then. Needless to say, I am not very knowledgeable on the subject, but when they make it sound so easy, what is holding GOG back?

Oh, look, what's this? GOL broke GOG! For the time being anyway. ;)

As a "good to know" note, a lot of GOG.com games are supported on PlayOnLinux. They have partnered up together to create a pretty neat thing: from PlayOnLinux, you can enter your GOG username and password and directly download and install your Windows games.
If you take a look at their news posts (http://www.playonlinux.com/en/news.html, you will see that a lot of new games are coming from GOG.

Basically, I as understand it, they would like to add Linux support but do not want to put the work in themselves. Sounds like a good opportunity for someone new to enter the industry to me; all you need to do is convince them to give you a low paying starter job just to try and prove the point and get some Linux games up there.

If only I was in Warsaw. They always say they never employ anyone remotely...

Most polish video-game makers don't care about games for Linux, because Windows is dominance in Poland. People in this country rarely buy games for Linux.