Do you guy's actually make the game Natively run in linux. or do you use a program to wrap it and ''work in linux''
if you do actually make them run natively. thats just Cool, but that seems like it would not be cost effective to manually port every game to linux.

O, and Hello people im new here. been using linux off and on for over 8 years now xD

I joined as soon as i was reading news for linux to see GOG.com/Linux!

i Currently use Ubuntu 14.04. Really enjoying the support linux is getting these days. i first tryed linux when i was 14 year's old and i said. WOW it's free it's practically immune to virus's. why is this not more mainstream.

Dos games use DosBox (like they do on Windows). Older windows games use Wine. Newer indie games that already have a Linux version should have the native Linux version. GOG does not do any porting themselves.

What GOG does do is try to make the setup as easy as possible and makes sure it runs well so you shouldn't have to worry about the details (and if you can't get a game to work after contacting support then they'll give you your money back).

Thanks for the reply,
so they dont port then? they are just making a list of games that they sell that runs in linux?

Indeed, they don't do ports themselves (they don't have access to the source code for one thing).

But as I said they're doing more than just making a list. They are packaging the games, tweaking the settings, and making sure they will run properly without having to do any manual setup (in most cases). They are also offering support to help you get the listed games running in case you have problems.

yes, gOg never port games, they just make use of various wrappers to make games run on newer systems (and now also Linux).

Y hallo thar. Well, no, they're actually packaging the games so that they can be run 'out of the box' in Linux as opposed to having to extract, configure the compatibility layer and set up menu and desktop links.

DOSBox might be fairly easy to set up, but installing a DOSBox game manually with links and proper setup is a fair bit of work. A Windows game under WINE all the more so, given that not every WINE version works with every game (WINE versions are notorious for introducing regressions).

Why thanks for all the Info, consider me Educated xD