Guess the Humble Bundle has been quite happy with their success on Linux. Surely this can be used as ammo for even more support soon enough!

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Phoronix has written [URL='http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEyMTA']a piece[/URL] on this as well now. :D

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Looks like Eurogamer Germany has given [URL='http://www.eurogamer.de/articles/2012-06-13-eurogamer-de-fruehstart-13-6-2012']this request[/URL] a mention as well now! It can't be long now. :D

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Quoting: "Anon, post: 4665"And also, this:

Quote... Not to mention publishers coming to us and saying, "It looks an awful lot like you're telling people that your game is supported in Linux. This is funny, because you aren't paying us for Linux distro rights."

I already read the other bit you posted but where on Earth is that from? That sounds pretty bad.

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Quoting: "Anon, post: 4660"Contracts can be re-worked and new agreements can be made. The only thing is, they need a good reason to start on that. Desura has a couple of the games they have for Linux (via dosbox), so it obviously is possible - one could point them to this as proof that not much work is required. But if they're afraid of running into problems with their partners, they're going to need to be persuaded that this is indeed worth it.

But I honestly do no think they're going to even think about it properly until Steam either fails or succeeds.

Well, as you seem far more fluent in the art of persuasion with regard to Linux, why not head over to GOG and do some talking there? My technical knowledge is too limited on this matter in my humble opinion.

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Quoting: "Anon, post: 4655"There's a thread where a GOG team member said many of the bs (hard to support), but also that it's because the deals do not cover distributing on Linux which could cause some problems for them.

It's silly since a good 5% of the forums are Linux users there, seeking and providing help with the games, with a good set of lists (one was lost though a couple of months back, server-side accident they said - it was the most upvoted list quite funnily, before the new request system). I'd say a fine part of their community already consists of Linux users, and by supporting Linux they could gain what, at most twice that. I don't think it's worth it for them. Many already provide the support for the games unofficially, and that pretty much covers it. People will buy the old games either way. I'd love a nice package (whether a .tar, a .deb or an .rpm doesn't matter, since they're all easy to make), but they've stated their attitude (too hard to test at the moment and something about how those things quickly change and what not - I guess for a company that hasn't started with Linux yet it's a good reason, since they do not really know much. Especially since they apparently do not have many Linux enthusiasts on their team).

I'd say it all boils down to one thing though - contracts. Can't get around them, and who knows what some companies might do.

I find that so incredibly unfortunate. How will GOG justify not being able to offer the Linux and Mac OS versions that many indie games come with these days? With the increased interest in Kickstarter and the Humble Bundle, does it make much sense? Even Steam is coming over now.

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Quoting: "motorsep, post: 4649, member: 154"Sounds like no Linux support on GOG (despite that funny image "Linux support by 2012") ??

Yea, I find this to be most unfortunate. Considering how there are meant to be millions of Linux users, garnering thousands of additional votes shouldn't be too much to ask for, right? :( I hope that this mindset that GOG currently has can be changed in the near future. Relying on Valve to change GOG's mind will likely take too much time. Perhaps when enough gamers complain about buying a game and not getting all of its versions (Linux, Mac OS, and Windows), then GOG will change its mind?

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shmerl, a user on GOG, posted [URL='http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/linux_support_on_gog/page1']this thread[/URL] in response to me posting a link to [URL='http://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?threads/getting-gog-com-to-support-linux.899']this piece[/URL] on the page that [URL='http://www.gog.com/en/wishlist/site/add_linux_versions_of_games']the request for adding Linux games to GOG[/URL] is on. GOG responded...

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

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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?

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