Obviously we have good 3rd party options for GoG on Linux/SteamOS, but it’s still really good to see official Linux support is coming.
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Surprised it’s taken them this long. If they care about game preservation then they need their shit working on Linux.
It has been on their wishlist since 2012. It’s about time!
I never used GOG galaxy, wonder what would be better than Heroic.
I love Heroic, but it has some quirks that are driving me crazy. I won’t mind a fog launcher on its own. I have a bunch of games from them
Official support & blessing is always better and involves less toil for maintainers in reverse engineering APIs and keeping them uptodate. For example it is much better if game developers take Linux support seriously than Valve running around fixing all the dumpster fires.
I am new to Linux, why is Heroic better than Lutris?
Lutris is now being slop coded for one thing
Both Lutris and Heroic are front ends that manage the compatibility tools and runtime environments of Windows applications.
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Lutris provides deeper, more advanced configuration options. It’s better if you want to tinker. Lately it’s been having some difficulties with zombie processes and failing to shut down games.
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Heroic is a more streamlined experience with most of the advanced options tucked away in sub-menus, and it has storefront integrations for GOG, Epic, and I think Amazon. For downloading and installing games, it’s comparable to Steam. I use it exclusively for games I bought on GOG.
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Faugus Launcher is similar to Lutris, but lightweight, reliable, and without the zombie process issues. I use it for most non-Steam games.
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Bottles is a Flatpak app that runs apps in a sandboxed environment, i.e. it doesn’t expose your filesystem to the apps. It also tends to have fewer compatibility issues than other runners.
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It’s worked more reliably for me, though it also isn’t without it’s issues.
Heroic is an alternative frontend for digital game stores (which are not natively supported on Linux). You can sign in with your Epic or GOG account and play, update, etc. your games just like you would with Steam.
Nice
