I see people annoyed with GOG a lot in our comments for how long it's taking their Galaxy client to land on Linux, the good news is that it's being worked on.
From their forum:
A very clear statement.
It will be really nice to have Galaxy on Linux, as I really personally hate keeping track of each individual download. I do have a number of games from GOG installed and going through them one by one to see if they need an update is not something I have time to do.
The fact that Galaxy is optional is also a really nice feature. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
From their forum:
QuoteThe Linux version is very much still planned, but we don't have an ETA or any kinda timeline for it at this moment in time. We are, however, working on it. I suppose this won't really satisfy many of the Linux users here but I figured I'd at least let you guys know that it's not been ditched by any means.
A very clear statement.
It will be really nice to have Galaxy on Linux, as I really personally hate keeping track of each individual download. I do have a number of games from GOG installed and going through them one by one to see if they need an update is not something I have time to do.
The fact that Galaxy is optional is also a really nice feature. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Comandante Ñoñardo Apr 28, 2017
The soul of GOG are the DRMFREE games and not the galaxy client...
I don't want another Steamlike client infecting the gaming world.
I use Flareget for to download big files from GOG on Linux...
for my Windows machine I use ye olde GOG downloader.
I don't want another Steamlike client infecting the gaming world.
I use Flareget for to download big files from GOG on Linux...
for my Windows machine I use ye olde GOG downloader.
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QuoteCan you elaborate on the dropped games? At least all those I bought are still there.
As for new games: I'd like to see more on GOG, too. Doesn't help much if the developers only support steam
I am thinking of metro 2033/last light. Dying Light. Wargame european escalation, airland battle. Grid autosport. Penumbra...
For the more "recent" like red dragon, limbo, serious sam series. Saint row series ...
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QuoteIt will be really nice to have Galaxy on Linux, as I really personally hate keeping track of each individual download. I do have a number of games from GOG installed and going through them one by one to see if they need an update is not something I have time to do.
I'm sure you know this, but there is an open source GOG client for Linux. It's lgogdownloader. It's a CLI downloader for GOG games. Personally, galaxy or not, I'll prefer this. I can run it on my headless file server to download updated versions of my games without having to add bloat to my gaming machine. I don't really have a need for all the other "features" clients like steam or galaxy offer. I just want to download/update the game and this does it.
I'll admit, lgogdownloader isn't perfect, but it is simple, lightweight, and honestly, probably more useful to me than a client like galaxy. Note if only there was a steam variant, lol.
Edit: typos, typing on a phone is horrible! How do you do it!
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lgogdownloader kicks much ass, and is the reason I won't be using Galaxy on Linux any time soon. It's open source, lightweight, and does everything I need it to do.
Regarding the games on GOG that are lacking a Linux port, when a Linux port is available elsewhere, there is a page in the GOL wiki for that:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/wiki/GOG_Games_Missing_Linux_Ports
Regarding the games on GOG that are lacking a Linux port, when a Linux port is available elsewhere, there is a page in the GOL wiki for that:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/wiki/GOG_Games_Missing_Linux_Ports
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elbuglione Apr 28, 2017
Stop GOG advertaising.
There are not Linux friendly.
There are not Linux friendly.
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Man, people getting riled up over the galaxy client, what babies. More important than some stupid client to access games is the lack of games being packaged for Linux on the website. How many Dosbox wrapped games are there now on the GOG website which don't have Linux packages? The Galaxy client isn't going to magically fix that problem. My bet is that EA is blocking their catalog from non mac/windows platforms. That's a far worse problem than the Galaxy client missing.
Last edited by DMJC on 28 April 2017 at 8:44 pm UTC
Last edited by DMJC on 28 April 2017 at 8:44 pm UTC
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Quoting: elbuglioneThere are not Linux friendly.
I've got 186 Linux games in my GOG account that would say otherwise.
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Quoting: AlthorionYou can manually add non-Steam games to Steam to be able to see them.
This is not the same, you are missing many functionalities. Mainly automatic updates.
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MintedGamer Apr 28, 2017
I've given up on waiting for the Galaxy client for Linux, and Witcher 3. Its clear that Linux users are an afterthought to CDPR and GOG.
Valve have done a HUGE amount to make Vulkan and Linux gaming more viable and the number of games in Steam is rapidly increasing, while CDPR have done nothing to help Linux gaming and have been giving empty promises about the GOG Linux client for many years now. My money goes to Valve every time.
Valve have done a HUGE amount to make Vulkan and Linux gaming more viable and the number of games in Steam is rapidly increasing, while CDPR have done nothing to help Linux gaming and have been giving empty promises about the GOG Linux client for many years now. My money goes to Valve every time.
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solar_dome Apr 29, 2017
At the moment I have no need for a GOG Galaxy client.
I have not used 'LGOGDownloader'.
I am currently using 'gogrepo.py' for my GOG downloading needs.
I have not used 'LGOGDownloader'.
I am currently using 'gogrepo.py' for my GOG downloading needs.
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