Quoting: orochi_kyoBut you GOG users keep wishing GOG will use proton, keep wishing more devs will release more games on that platform.

I don't buy games in DRMed stores, so yes, I encourage developers to release on GOG and other DRM-free stores. Why do you find it strange? Not everyone accepts DRMed approach.

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Quoting: MohandevirSorry... I wrongly tought that GoG did provide support for wrapping/porting, in the past... It was probably Humble.

They actually did, but just for a few games. Then they dropped the effort, especially with Linux team in GOG dwindling.

Example of the game that GOG released wrapping in Wine themselves: https://www.gog.com/game/flatout_2 [External Link]

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Quoting: MohandevirIn fact that's exactly what I look forward to: transparency. In the best of case, it could take the form of a Linux GoG galaxy client with Proton integration... Or, minimally, a Proton wrapped TW3 build, for example.

You can use community wrappers for that. See: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/adamhms_linux_wine_wrappers_news_faq_discussion [External Link]

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Quoting: LeopardThings that Linux GOG users are missing due to lack of GOG Galaxy:

-Cloud saves
-Multiplayer
-Achievements
-Auto updates
-Integration with other store fronts ( new GOG Galaxy thingy)

Most of which I don't care about :) Incremental updates for GOG games are supported by lgogdownloader quite well now. And for multiplayer I prefer game developers not to be locked into some store infra like GOG or Steam, but to support it independently.

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Quoting: MohandevirI would like to see GoG integrate Proton in some form... Maybe offer proton wrapped versions of their Windows games, if at all possible. I'd be a lot more inclined to support them. Having to deal with Lutris or wine is not something that I look forward to...

I'm using regular Wine+dxvk without major problems, sometimes with esync patches too for very demanding games like TW3. I know Proton has some extra patches like scaling and such. But what other benefits does it give besides Steam integration which is pointless for GOG games?

I avoid Lutris and other high level Wine managers, since getting to control Wine directly gives you a lot more flexibility. I simply make a launch script for each game, where various variables can be adjusted, like logging level, HUD enabling and such.

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Good to see progress on Index. A bit surprising Valve aren't backing Monado directly, like they are doing with radv. Or are Valve partnered with Collabora on this?

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macOS is a DOA system for gaming. Quite expected. And Apple were doubly dumb by shooting themselves in the foot with their Metal NIH. Apple management doesn't care about gaming in the least.

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You can see it's 14 nm since it boosts to 5 GHz still. On 7 nm nothing will be boosting to such frequency. AMD got ahead of Intel thanks to TSMC, and it's surprising Intel still couldn't get to smaller node process.

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Quoting: pete910Just a point, "contributors" does not mean Control.

Well, working on bug fixes is surely under their control.

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Quoting: pete910If it's that bad why not go Nvidia !

Nvidia is completely unacceptable. I don't even want to touch their blobs. It's basically DOA for any modern Linux desktop (Wayland migration and all).

Quoting: pete910To be honest the oss drivers ain't under their control.

AMD drivers are under their control. They are the primary contributors. The only component they aren't developing is radv and ironically, it's also the best in bug fixes speed.

Quoting: pete910Not had issues myself personally.

Navi experience was pretty rough until lately, and even now it's still not completely perfect due to remaining bugs.

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