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The new GOG profile system is out, looks quite slick

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DRM free store GOG has just released their new profile system and it's surprisingly slick to look at.

So you now get a customizable profile, an activity feed to see what friends are up to and what they've been playing*, share random messages to show up in your friends feeds like Twitter. Just remember to check out those new privacy settings, so you can be sure you know what they're showing to the world.

Just look at how fancy I made myself look:

It might be old news to some, but I didn't even realise GOG actually had a built-in webchat system to talk to friends. This new profile system certainly makes it more apparent that's for sure, as you hover over a friends name and get greeted with the message option. It works quite well too! You can find their announcement on it all here.

*Now then GOG—how about Galaxy on Linux next yes? We've been pretty patient on that I think…

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Liam Dawe Apr 23, 2018
Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: x_wingThe low to nil involvement of GoG with Linux users

Not sure what you are talking about. GOG developers are quite actively helping Linux users, even with issues like this.
Just wanted to echo this.

GOG are very Linux friendly, they wouldn't throw us copies of games (even way before we were an affiliate) to help us cover stuff if they weren't.

Having one element of what they offer not on Linux sucks, sure, but it doesn't make them not friends of Linux gaming.
obscurenforeign Apr 23, 2018
You still can't change your name there, can you?
hummer010 Apr 23, 2018
Quoting: x_wingThe low to nil involvement of GoG with Linux users has make me stay away from their platform in the last years. Right now it's more a Wine "friendly" store than a Linux one.

I've got 235 Linux native games on GOG. That seems a little more than "Wine Friendly".

I get the frustration about Galaxy. For awhile, I didn't care - I don't plan on using Galaxy anyways. But now that there have been Linux ports not coming to GOG because there's no Galaxy, I care.

On the other hand, Linux users not buying games at GOG because there's no Galaxy isn't helping. GOG's justification that Linux sales are just too low to put any priority into Galaxy is helped by people not buying games at GOG because there's no Galaxy.

[Edit]clarity


Last edited by hummer010 on 23 April 2018 at 9:36 pm UTC
x_wing Apr 23, 2018
Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: x_wingThe low to nil involvement of GoG with Linux users

Not sure what you are talking about. GOG developers are quite actively helping Linux users, even with issues like this.

Galaxy is something Steam users probably expect, but that's not what most GOG users care about. Personally, I'm not going to use their client even if they provide it, unless it will be open source or community will make an open source alternative.

Well, looking at the answers it's clear that they don't care about Linux.

Galaxy for Linux would be the way to show Linux users that they do care about our platform. If you care you give the same for both. And I don't understand why it's so difficult to start a project with multiplatform in mind. I mean, it's just a game downloader launcher, there is no technical difficulty for doing so (well, at least if you don't start your project using .net technologies :/).
x_wing Apr 23, 2018
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: x_wingThe low to nil involvement of GoG with Linux users

Not sure what you are talking about. GOG developers are quite actively helping Linux users, even with issues like this.
Just wanted to echo this.

GOG are very Linux friendly, they wouldn't throw us copies of games (even way before we were an affiliate) to help us cover stuff if they weren't.

Having one element of what they offer not on Linux sucks, sure, but it doesn't make them not friends of Linux gaming.

My problem is that they don't help us to get new Linux users in our platform. I can teach my girlfriend of how to install games on Linux using Steam but trying to teach hear how to use Linux installers from GoG or how to install an Windows only game with wine it's out of question.

They can be very nice guys and help advanced users to workaround some problems, but they're not being helpful in order to improve our platform for gamers.
Shmerl Apr 23, 2018
Quoting: obscurenforeignYou still can't change your name there, can you?

You can (if you mean the user name). At least it was possible in the past.


Last edited by Shmerl on 23 April 2018 at 4:07 pm UTC
Shmerl Apr 23, 2018
Quoting: x_wingWell, looking at the answers it's clear that they don't care about Linux.

They explicitly said they'll help Linux users with the change to their Windows packaging. They don't even have to (since it's for Windows installers). How you can see in it that they don't care is beyond comprehension. For me, it's obvious they are going beyond their strict support requirements here to help.

If their management decided not to prioritize Galaxy - so what. It doesn't mean their Linux developers don't care about their Linux users.


Last edited by Shmerl on 23 April 2018 at 4:15 pm UTC
x_wing Apr 23, 2018
Quoting: ShmerlThey explicitly said they'll help Linux users with the change to their Windows packaging. They don't even have to (since it's for Windows installers). How you can see in it that they don't are is beyond comprehension.

Quoting: GoGI am currently working with the team responsible for Windows installer to publish fragment of code that the community can use to unpack new installers. Eventually it won't be much different from what community came up with already.

Let the community fix the new issue is not what I call "helpful". I see as helpful to put some devs to work and push fixes on open source projects for Linux (as Valve does), I don't see helpful to make a change on an installer and let the community figure out how to solve it. Hope this helps your comprehension.
Shmerl Apr 23, 2018
Quoting: x_wingLet the community fix the new issue is not what I call "helpful"

Helping the community fix the issue is called helpful. Ignoring the community because "Linux users shouldn't be bothering about Windows installer anyway" would be not caring.
obscurenforeign Apr 23, 2018
Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: obscurenforeignYou still can't change your name there, can you?

You can (if you mean the user name). At least it was possible in the past.

Thanks, guess I'll try and figure out how then.
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