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1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:26:18 EST tekk
   Okay, little bit of a rant..
   1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:29:14 EST tekk

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      So I like GOG, I like GOG a lot. I'd love to work for them, but their Linux support is *infuriating*. Some of it's not their fault but it's infuriating anyway. First and foremost are their DOS games. These are games that GOG does actual work in and they don't always support Linux *for some reason*. All these games are are the games, plus dosbox, plus some custom configs. Many of the game configs are unchanged between Windows, OSX, and Linux, yet they don't offer downloads.
      1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:30:09 EST tekk

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         Like....are there really companies who are going "Nah, we'll stick with windows and osx" when GOG is like "You want us to do literally no extra work and ship this on Linux too?" Does GOG not even ask that..?
         1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:33:34 EST tekk

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            Then there's the problem of linux-supporting games not having Linux downloads. These I understand aren't GOG's fault but they're infuriating nonetheless. System Shock 2 has been on Linux since 2014, not on GOG. Majesty has been on Linux since *2001*, Linux not available on GOG. Still annoying.
            1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:34:18 EST tekk

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               In GOG's defense the Steam page for Majesty Gold doesn't list its linux support either, so maybe that bitrotted. Finally there's the most infuriating, though: GOG Galaxy
               1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:35:46 EST tekk

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                  In 2014 GOG announced Galaxy, an optional client in the vein of steam. I like Galaxy a lot. It was announced in a beta for windows, OSX and Linux coming soon. OSX was added within a year. We've heard *nothing* on Linux despite it being the highest voted item on the Galaxy wishlist for years now. Apparently in some interview buried somewhere on the internet one of the devs said "it's not a priority and we don't know when it'll come out, we have no plans to release atm"
                  1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:37:25 EST tekk

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                     Which is fine. GOG has recently added forced recaptchas to logins so that you can't use any alternative clients "the Galaxy FAQ still says that you're welcome to make alternative clients, of course," so there's no way to manage your games from Linux short of just downloading their .sh installers and watching your library for updates. Oh yeah, and it's not optional. There are games on GOG such as Tooth and Tail which rely on Galaxy for their matchmaking.
                     1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:38:44 EST tekk

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                        And therefore a Linux supporting game whose devs want you to be able to play on Linux can't be played with GOG on Linux because it depends on the optional client that's not optional because they're blocking alternative clients and telling devs to just assume that Galaxy is available and installed and to depend on its API. I think the rant's over now.
                        1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:40:28 EST tekk

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                           Oh yeah, a clarification to the first message: I know that these configs work unchanged between the three because they often officially support Windows and OSX, but I use wine to install the windows installers then just copy the configs verbatim and run them in dosbox.
                           1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:42:21 EST tekk

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                              The only exception to this that I ever remember encountering is that if you want general midi (MT32) support you need to change 2 lines in the config file to set the midi driver to alsa and the midi port to your midi port, however, GOG games ship with music via Soundblaster and you have to change the game's settings explicitly for General MIDI, it's not the official configuration in the first place.
                           2. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:44:46 EST tekk

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                              So basically GOG, if you can hear me (they're not on the fediverse far as I know,) just fucking pay me $15k/yr to port and support Linux. Seriously, give me enough for a studio apartment, electricity, water, and an internet connection and let me loose.