Not my mind of game but I am impressed by the underlying thought and technologies they've put into this product.

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Bonehead idealogical decisions like this potential one is one of the major reasons I have stayed away from Fedora.

no good reason why 32 bit applications should still be a thing in 2025

Who says? The followers of a progress-first ideology that was founded on maximizing corporate profits at the expense of all other benefits? All that has done is to create a throwaway culture that fails to value anything from the past.

This is not supposed to be what drives Linux development. Torvalds has always said that what makes Linux stand out is it's backwards compatibility. Why should Linux ape the mentality of the for-profit sector?

Valve should go full 64bit, and drop/integrate the 32bit requirement/legacy.

You may feel this is a good idea but that does not mean that Valve agrees. There could be a very good reason they have not done this (don't ask me what, I have no idea myself).

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Sorry, Liam. I'm going to disqualify myself. By the time that the NES rolled out, I was already deeply into the PC gaming scene, first on the C64/128, then on the Amiga and eventually (reluctantly, due to the death of the far superior Amiga) on DOS. I barely even looked at consoles until SNES and Genesis (Mega Drive) came out. Even then, I found the closed ecosystems limiting and boring compared to personal computers.

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@Cyba.Cowboy

In saying that, changing the architecture would make it significantly more difficult for all of the existing games to run smoothly, if at all

That would make Handheld PCs with ARM-based CPUs more suitable to a closed ecosystem, I would think.

For the purposes of an open ecosystem, I think AMD is on the right path.

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@TheBard

And it's much more rational to give donations to foundations than to for-profit companies owned by shareholders.

To you, maybe. In my daily life, I see it all the time at the grocery stores, pet food stores, department stores and even fast-food restaurants and banks. I can't recall any specifics, but I'm willing to bet I've encountered it online as well (before GOG). The majority of these companies are for-profit and/or owned by shareholders. Claiming it's for a charity doesn't mean the charity is getting all the funds.

Besides, once again, I will point out that this is fundraising to support GOG's Game Preservation Project, which is a sideline, not part of GOG's daily business of selling digital games. They are not as big as Valve/Steam and perhaps do not have the discretionary funds to support this entirely out of their revenues. It's not like they're asking for general tips like a "tip me" button on some blogger's site.

It seems to me that the real issue behind all of this negativity is a general lack of trust in companies and other organizations. Not surprising, really ...

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@rustynail

Did a little bit of digging this morning because I had the time. Based off the most recent active feature list, I have to assume that GOG Achievements are still in the experimental phase. Heroic is using Comet to interface with the GOG Galaxy Communication Service.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/heroic-games-launcher-v215-has-expanded-gog-support-ea-games-from-epic-store-support/

At this point, Heroic Games Launcher appears to be the closest to the goal. Comet has listed Heroic as "experimental", Lutris as "planned", and MiniGalaxy as "unknown".

https://github.com/imLinguin/comet

Personally, I think this is a good idea. Rather than duplicate the effort, GOG could team up with the community to deliver an open-source solution for their Linux client. Heroic is the current front-liner, but there is no reason they could not work with multiple options and include Lutris, MiniGalaxy and others in delivering a Linux client solution as well.

I have to admit, it would be a bold move on GOG's part if they chose to do this.

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@kaiman

I first read the article headline "GOG now ask for donations when you buy games" and I am like "Hell no! Raise your prices if you don't make enough money!". But then the article states that it is for the game preservation program, and I think that's a legitimate cause.

I agree. The headline is misleading. I have no problem with GOG fundraising to support their Game Preservation project. These things cost money. If it is okay for game developers to fundraise through crowdfunding, why shouldn't it also be okay for game maintainers to do the same? It is a worthy project!

I wonder if it is possible to donate to the project without purchasing something?

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@Eike

It is wrong to say "Steam is DRM".

I don't want to start into this argument again... Technically, you are right in saying the Steam client is not DRM. I think @Lib-Inst was simply referring to the fact that the Steam client is initially required to install the game whereas the offline installers are self-contained. So, more of a "you cannot install a game bought on Steam without the Steam client" or "installation requires the Steam client" kind of complaint.

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Umm ... MSI Afterburner?

After all, this is the Windows-based tool that MangoHUD is reportedly based on.

Personally, though, I found that MangoHUD is more intuitive and easier to configure. I was also a little startled when Mod Organizer 2 popped complaining of incompatibilities with Afterburner and recommended disabling it.

I like the idea of Valve adding more MangoHUD-like features to the Steam overlay.

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Or have I missed that time when he offered the modding community the opportunity to take over the site and have it managed by a non-profit?

Why didn't Robin do this?

I mentioned this article to my wife this morning. Her response startled me but I should have thought of it myself. To her, it sounded like, after 24 years, Robin decided he wanted to retire, found someone that willing to pay the amount he wanted for that retirement, and sold it to obtain those retirement funds.

We have been seeing that happen a lot around here, with businesses that were often a mainstay of the community collapsing and disappearing after the original owner removed themselves from the picture.

Sometimes the new owner just seems to see the purchase as an investment that is supposed to generate returns without hands-on involvement. The business inevitably fails and a great community asset is lost.

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