A lot of hate in the comments, I think it's great that companies are in a position where they think it makes sense financially to support Linux as a target platform.

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pjc50 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think this is a good lesson in why companies don't try to bring stuff to Linux: the market is incredibly resentful of products.

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Draiken 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Come on... it's always the same reason: money.

Companies don't support Linux because it's not widespread enough so it can't outweigh the costs. They don't give a rat's ass for the market's resentfulness or lack thereof. The Linux market was basically not a real market before because their market share was simply too small.

There are plenty of products made for resentful markets and as long as they keep being profitable they don't care.

	▲	consp 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Companies don't support Linux because it's not widespread enough so it can't outweigh the costs. I'm pretty sure they made the calculation assuming the GabeBox from Valve is a success and didn't want to miss out.

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fragmede 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Companies? gasp corporations? Using, spit, money? HOW DARE THEY!

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kaoD 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They're just trying to ride the wave of Valve's deck (and they will fail). The fact is that, since I bought the Steam Deck, I bought less from GOG and more from Valve.

And this won't change a thing: it doesn't matter if they make a Linux-native frontend to the horrible GOG Galaxy. I just want my games to launch as seamlessly as they do from Valve's UI, not yet another launcher that I have to launch on top of Valve's system UI. I am already doing that with Heroic Games Launcher, which is far better than whatever they will concoct in-house and supports many other stores.

	▲	Andrex 43 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's nice, Linux being an open platform, that if something isn't on Steam you can just install GOG and get it there.
	▲	johnnyanmac 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		>I just want my games to launch as seamlessly as they do from Valve's UI Valve integrated steam all the way down to the OS level to do all that. GOG galaxy meanwhile is focusing more on being an accompanying app to optionally use than centralizing everything under GOG. I think Galaxy trying to strive to be as "seamless" will break the very philosophy of GOG to begin with; being a store to grab games you truly own, not a platform to immerse yourself in.
	▲	the_af 41 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		GOG supported Linux from before Galaxy. I don't use Galaxy at all. My GOG games work on Linux. It's a good company.