Ah yes, I understand.

Thinking about it a bit ... I would already blame GOG for simply not listing a perfectly complete Linux version of a game just because it is missing some features that are supposed to be completely OPTIONAL ... so if the client and the features are optional, how can GOG refuse to list it and therefore maybe even not support it?
Thanks for the explanation.

See that gear it's all Higglety pigglety in there among other stuff Strewn in there like "SCAN FOLDERS for GOG games"

Yeah I don't like to have to open every stupid menu feature just to find basic things that should be in the front!

should be Click on my profile pic under that "IMPORT FOLDERS (GOG)"

No software mode for Quake and a few other Dosbox games I'm Very ashamed GOG bring it back!

Agreed Gimme my DVD's/CD's and a NO-CD/NO-DVD/Fixed *.exe any day over any of this crap and I'm happy!

9. Force majeure

REALLY, REALLY GOG did you copy paste that from an insurance companies website?

Well so much for a "By gamers for gamers" terminology now!

It's legalese for covering our own arses.

How typical and Spineless!

So, uh dumb question, but where is the download link. Thanks in advance

I have done everything that I would reasonably think of to get Steam to connect.

-Tried with "Remember me on this computer" checked. Connection lost
-Disabled my virus program firewall temporarily. Connection lost
-Tried opening up Steam and disabling Family View. Connection lost
-Tried looking into my Steam Privacy settings and making sure everything is set to public. Connection lost

I don't get what else I could do on my end.

Sure it isn't your actual internet connection because Mine used to do that with optus (singtel) and worse with Telstra (telecom Australia)

What Telco are you with?

Don't the other clients need to be running to even make use of galaxy 2.0? If so this bit is incorrect. I want better forums and other fixes on-site.....is that considered feedback? If so then that is my feedback. Wouldn't those who are more privacy oriented NOT want to share their every move(game play wise/etc) with others? Or am I wrong on this? But those on linux get the short end of the stick, sadly.......:\
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To be fair this might allow some to avoid using the mess that is the new steam version.
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Hyperbolic.....also (sadly)a few not agreeing to such won't change much of anything....you'd need much higher numbers to accomplish anything of note, or be able to get a good PR storm brewing online.

If that contract/eula is found(in whole or in part) by some court to not be legally binding then it doesn't do much of anything in those cases.

Of course I agree people should be more careful(in general) to read and know what they agreeing to.
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Hey all: I propose we chip in and buy this fine lad a new OS....what say you all? :)

Galaxy is not DRM(for SP gaming), imo....when was the last time you ever heard of optional DRM? o.0
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I know some games here have serial keys which might tie the game to one PC alone.....dunno how it works with galaxy, though.

And if you believe that's actually the case, you haven't had to deal with steam support. I've ran into everything from them simply shutting down support requests completely unanswered, to pretending not to have recieved my crash logs and minidumps they asked for. Keep in mind in all cases, *I was not asking for a refund to begin with* but they often

In the case of the example I mentioned, the game literally could not even start, and I went through an extensive list of troubleshooting steps just to prove yes, the game literally didn't have the executeable required to *run* it. Personally, I think the screenshot of that fact, and even comments to the effect that other people had run into the issue too in the game's on steam community forum might've been an indicator. It took *two years* for anyone at Valve support to admit that yes, maybe literally lacking the executable file required to *run the game* was an issue that required correction, and it only happened after I contacted the publisher, who referred me to their legacy support person, who basically told me that when the original developer went out of business, they'd not assigned perrmissions to anyone at the publisher to be able to provide updates and patches.

Valve's "solution" after basically closing the ticket the moment I repeated all of the support steps they made me go through to prove that yes, not having a copy of the game was the issue was shit you not, to tell me to go find a torrent page and download an illegal copy of the game.

By the way, that game was Gothic 2. The publisher at the time was THQ, and they literally went out of business too, in the time span it took steam "support" to offer a "solution" that pretty much consisted of telling me to break the law. It wasn't until I pointed out they were literally doing that, and that again, there had been no play time whatsoever accrued on the game because it literally couldn't even launch, that the steam support person decided to offer me a refund.

Which, by the way, I still haven't gotten, though gothic 2 no longer shows up in my steam library.

Which I didn't ask for to begin with. And which they were very upfront with me that they'd only offered because in the customer support person's own words, they wanted me to shut up about the problem.

Coincidentally about the exact same time steam finally decided it was literallyy easier to issue me a game refund then you know, find out why so many people purchasing the game on steam weren't getting the executeable to run it over a 2 plus year span of time, I ended up having a technical problem on a game I'd bought on gog.com roughly about the same time, where for whatever reason, MDK was just crawling when I tried to run. One I wasn't even sure gog would consider part of their responsibilities to help me with, since I thought it might be due to emulation settings via dosbox and potential incompatabilities with my very modern PC.

10 minutes later, real time I got an e-mail notification back from gog,com which I thought would be the usual "we received your support request" e-mail. Instead, it's an incredibly detailed yet plainly spoken easily legible e-mail explaining what the issue most likely is, how to change dosbox settings to assist with it, ect. Also a quite genuine sounding appology I was having difficulties with it, and instructions to contact them back if it didn't work so I could either refund the purchase or they try something else, which they made abundantly clear would be entirely my option how next to proceed.

Turned out the instructions were so good, that trying them out on other games following the fix for MDK via dosbox solved similar issues I'd had on other, older games I hadn't bought on gog.com but was running via dosbox that I thought literally couldn't be fixed.

So, to be rather blunt, I think I know a little more about the differences between support for steam and gog.com then you do. My first and only support ticket to gog.com literally solved problems with other games entirely I hadn't even mentioned, on top of the game I'd contacted them for help with. Whereas I basically got forced to repeat the exact same support ticket for *two years* for Valve *not* do anything to fix it whatsoever, just literally promise me a refund that was never delivered while removing the game from my account, only after I'd pointed out they were literally asking me to break the law, and them having created conditions making it impossible for the publisher to fix the issue before going out of business.

Needless to say, when I found Gothic 2 for sale on gog.com, and for 4 bucks less then Steam had it at tthe time, I bought it. Never had an issue out of my gog.com copy of the game.

But what do I know, I'm just someone who'd used steam literally since it's day of release to the public and seen first hand, just how incompetent or outright openly malicious it's support people can be.

It'd be nice, but not likely gonna happen(for now, anyways)....steam/valve have more money and a bigger linux user base, for starters, which is part of why they(afaik) sell more linux versions & have better linux support overall.

I'm aware; I also gave the Comet Client a try.

Devs could likely sell linux versions here but they chose not to...so they are also to blame & not just lack of galaxy support.

And who is GOG to blame for Linux user base being smaller here, when they don't even want to support Linux users as the rest, but treat Linux support as second class citizen here?

It's a catch-22....the user base for linux is small due to lack of support/games, and amount of linux game/support is small due to the small linux user base.

Also they are a business...it makes the most sense to prioritize bigger user bases over smaller ones(even if it is unfair).

Heck, I have to shop for shoes online as my size isn't carried by most stores, so I know somewhat how it feels to be treated in such a manner by big business....I just go to where my needs are met, though, instead of hoping/waiting for every other store will/to change their minds.