I tried.
I had +200 games on GOG since release. I preorder IN GOG all CDPR games since TW2 to CYBERPUNK.
Most of the games I had in GOG I previously had in Steam, but the whole idea of DRM FREE games were great, at first.
There was a promise to -really- support GNU/Linux also, that was huge at the moment.

But now, a few months after Galaxy 2.0 release, with not official GNU/Linux support on the horizon, I decided to stop getting new games on GOG that I can also get on Steam.

Yes, GOG has GNU/Linux games. But the store native client IS a huge feature in my choice. I can download the installers from the web, but it lacks features, as cloud saves for example.

Anyway, DRM FREE is great, huge, in the balance is not enough to me as a GNU/Linux user as a customer support.

Valve is not only supporting my user experience with a native client and all its features, but also, in the recent months, with Proton improvements I was able to launch windows designed games in such a simple way, It allows me to almost ditch dual boot to play my favorite titles.

Nowadays when a new games info hot my email with the GOG newsletter, if I'm interest first I look it in Steam. Until last year, it was the opposite.

Yes I use wine, lutris, etc.
Yes I used to have some native GOG games installed in my GNU/Linux desktop and use sync thing to sync my saves.
Yes I tried. But at the moment, I decided I want just the simplicity of Steam for GNU/Linux to play games.

I'm done also expecting and wishing. If someday GOG decide to support really GNU/Linux — its only the client I wanted — maybe I think about choose GOG first again. Until then, I'll choose Steam.

Maybe this message triggers some GOG fans, I am a GOG fan, I am, it's not my purpose. I just want GOG to take notice, GNU/Linux gaming is getting any day better, but not in this store. And that's sad.

Well, I am still buying games at GOG because there is no client for GNU/Linux users ;)

Of course, if you are not really interested in avoiding DRM and want a store client, GOG is not the right place.

Steam proton isn't an ideal solution either though. Proton is just as ghetto as wine since it still is running the windows version, until actual real native games come out on linux then it's all irrelevant. Linux doesn't have games, you are only hurting yourself by limiting your options.

(I skimmed your post but didn't read it thoroughly.) That's fine imo. I'd say that Linux support is better on Steam + Steam has billions to do whatever they want, so if that's more important to you than DRM-free installer files, you're probably better off using that.

I use windows 10 and no client. Works perfectly most of the time, in fact the most problems I have had recently are down to the offline installers having client features added. But yes, if you don’t want offline installers there isn’t any point, just rent it cheaper off steam.

Imagine leaving GOG for a client that's filled with endless shovelware, hentai 'games', and asset flips on their storefront and a company that has horrible customer support and are afraid of the number 3. Whatever floats your boat.

The lack of Galaxy on Linux has started to bite hard since GOG have apparently dropped incremental patches. I'm getting tired of having to redownload the whole installer to update a game. I'm also tired of Linux updates coming late (or never arriving at all). I'm not giving up hope yet but I haven't seen evidence of commitment to Linux over the past couple of years. DRM-free is too big a win to give up on, though, so I'll remain loyal to GOG even if there isn't the reciprocation I'd like.

Hail, hail. Finally somebody else that agrees with me :P

I wish GOG were more supportive of Linux games, though. Seemed like they dragged their feet into supporting it to begin with, and have never really cared about it since. Still buy my games here because every other option is much worse, but with so poor Linux support, and I mostly focus on Linux supported games these days, the amount of purchases have flattened out.

I've been on Steam since around the time they opened (2003/2004?), but I've never actually tried the Linux client before, only the Windows version on Linux many years ago.

However, in essence, you're choosing away a semi-open world where you were free and unchained, to freely chaining yourself and moving into a closed prison with chaos and conveniences like free food and entertainment. A place where they tell you when and where you can eat, sleep and play games, and when they shut the lights off you must accept it with blind obedience.

Also, people should really stop using the archaic name "GNU\Linux". If we go that road we might as well call it Musk\Tesla, BSD\Winsock, TFT\LCD, TCP\IP\Internet, Babbage\Intel Compatible\PC, Geely\VOLVO, Fiat Chrysler\Ferrari, C\Python, JPL\NASA, CDP\GOG... Yes, let's make things even more confusing because of some tiny part. :)

Post#34525 "I'm going to Steam because they have more money to pander to 2% of the market".

That! I also have no problem with GOG not wasting effort on implementing a Linux client. But they definitely should put more effort into adding the missing Linux versions to their games.

I have installed Galaxy with Lutris and tried a few little games and the cloud save is working great. Same with Epic Games, I have installed the launcher in Lutris download my games than just create a New Game pointing on each game from Epic Game and play them without the need of the launcher, and if you really need cloud on Epic just play them in the launcher it works too. Proton is juste wine integrated to steam so using Lutris or Wine is the Same as using proton with DRM free.

Just why the **** do you always have to say GNU/Linux, instead of you know, Linux like normal people do.

A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

A woman doesn't, they can do the whatever fuck they want. Bastards.

I've also been a bit disappointed in GOG when it comes to the user experience for offline-installers. Something that is basically forced upon Linux gamers, as there is no Galaxy client. If it wasn't for lgogdownloader, I would have left already. Surprising that it's left to the community to make the whole GOG user experience bearable.

I wrote a while ago how for non-native games, a native Galaxy client for Linux without wine integration, might not even be in our interest. Because we lose the ability to run the game in a wine prefix, if launched through the client. For native games it would still be nice - to get some of those features, and make the installation easier.

I've had major issues with using wine on the Galaxy client. Wonkiness of the UI aside, Witcher 3 GOTY failed to install, same as Kingdom Come - Deliverance. I couldn't tell you why - I didn't even notice errors in the logs, just fixme's. Offline installers worked though, though it was a PITA. Also, I did try it on an older game, Fallout 2 I think, and it worked with Galaxy features, so not sure what happened there. Maybe I'll try one day with updated wine/dxvk/nvidia drivers again. Thanks for letting people know it can work.