Quoting: thykrThose few adventurous Windows "gamers" who might have been seduced by the idea of using GNU/Linux instead of Windows, will very quickly realize that their games run like crap in Wine / Proton

Many run just fine. Wine / Proton will help those who were already displeased with MS junk, but hesitated switching because of their Windows only games. If they can run games with acceptable performance, it would be enough for them to ditch Windows. The key here is acceptable, it doesn't even need to be the same as on Windows. And let's be clear, many games run in Wine (+dxvk / esync and etc. when needed) with acceptable performance.

The end result is quite obvious - more people will switch to Linux. Also don't forget about those who were dualbooting and will stop now. It's also a positive shift.

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They didn't provide any ETA really. It was marked as "resolving inside Khronos" recently.

According to @YoRHa-2B who is developing dxvk and probably tested the prototype, it can take several months still.

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Quoting: GuestI fixed the issues I was having in Witcher 3. I was using the 390.77 Nvidia drivers. I installed the 396.54 drivers and now everything looks as it should. I'm kinda thinking about playing through it again. I've been wanting to the last couple months.

Wait a bit more, until transform feedback will land into official Vulkan spec and drivers and dxvk will start using it. Then it should be perfect. I suppose it won't take long for radv and Nvidia to pick it up.

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Could be interesting. I'll wait for the confirmation of DRM-free release plans. Multiplayer though could cause a problem for it.

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Quoting: KimyrielleSo...

What do people think is the better choice to run Windows games now? regular WINE? Staging? Proton?

I use Wine with whatever is needed like dxvk and etc. Proton is too Steam specific.

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@svartalf: You didn't elaborate on why such stats method is a problem besides the "user agent can be spoofed" or "what if it's downloaded from Windows" (why would Linux users even do that?), but I assume that you mean, this position is why Feral don't release DRM-free games. I don't find it convincing in the least, since other porters release DRM-free fine. Including Icculus whom you mentioned above.

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Quoting: svartalfSigh. I can't help you and you're part of the problem, to be blunt.

What kind of problem? Your idea seems to imply that you need DRM and "clients" to determine what OS the game was bought for. That's not an acceptable solution for a DRM-free store. Do you have better ideas?

And you still didn't confirm that developers have access to this info (purchasing / downloading stats). Do they or they do not? GOG refuse to answer this question so we can't determine whether there is a feedback loop.

If they do, then developers can see that their Windows game was purchased on Linux and they can evaluate the amount of such users.

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Quoting: svartalfAnd before you remark...most browsers let you change your user agent string...hell, they even PROVIDE you plugins and tools to do with as enhancements to the browser...

Sure, I don't see any problem with that. Same way HB explicitly allow you set any platform (to display stats during bundle sales) and they don't care what platform you are really going to use.

Issue is, many games are sold for many OSes at once (Linux, Windows and MacOS at least). So you bought all 3. What should be measured exactly in a DRM-free store? User agent for purchasing and downloading is a reasonable way. Most will only get one version. Some might get all three. Then the count is even more fun, but purchasing was still be a single transaction so that helps.

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Quoting: svartalfFor a browser stat...yeah. The problem begins with a Wine capable game. I bought with Windows, I downloaded it with Windows.

But...I run it on Linux.

So don't do that. Download and buy from Linux.

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What if I download it on Windows (Very possible) and play it on both Windows and Linux, or all three. If you don't think this could possibly happen, you're gravely mistaken. With the model there, that Windows purchase still counted as one.

You can only count what you have control over. GOG don't control what and where you are playing - they are DRM-free. So they can only account for purchasing and downloading, which makes perfect sense.

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