Looks promising.

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Quoting: Leopard2-) Wine is not a tool you can get good performance , good rendering , easy configure process.

You can get good performance and rendering in Wine. Configuration depends on the game.

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Quoting: SolitaryThe entity isn't there to tell you it's playable

Well, Feral for example are there to tell you you can't buy the game in other stores, even though Windows versions can be available there. That's telling you where to buy it and is a limitation set by the middleman. I.e. their porting work is attached to that limitation. In contrast Wine limits nothing, you can apply it to any game without someone telling you, that you shouldn't do it because you bought it in the "wrong" store. That was the main point I was making. For the very same reason, I'm playing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II in Wine, and not using Aspyr's Linux port, since it's Steam only. And I'm glad Wine enables that option.

I agree with your idea in general though, that it's preferable to support developers who are making Linux games.

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Quoting: hummer010* - I'm not sure I'll ever actually use Galaxy, although incremental updates could get me there, but I want Galaxy on Linux just so companies can stop using the lack of Galaxy to not release Linux versions on GOG.

I'll only use open source client for Galaxy if ever, which most likely will be community made, since GOG didn't express any interest to open theirs.

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Quoting: MohandevirIt always comes to the same thing: You need to provide the windows installer. This is not a solution for beginners.

How is it harder than using the installer on Windows? GOG provide installers for instance, you just install them on Linux, using needed tools. The benefit of PlayOnLinux, Lutris and other wrapper scripts is that they simplify Wine configuration.

Quoting: Mohandevirbut is there any advantages to a standard wine-wrapped game?

No advantage that I can see, besides sandboxing.

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Quoting: MohandevirTrue enough. Forgot about flatpaks and snap apps too. Still, I don't know how they can handle non-free games to stay legit...

Same as POL / Lutris do I suppose. They provide scripts to set up the environment for Wine, but you still need to provide the installer for the actual game first.

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Quoting: MohandevirEdit: Thinking about it, even if there is a middleman to support the game, for those that needs wants it, nothing prevents you from downloading the Windows version and hack DXVK + Wine to your need. One doesn't forbide the other. Linux as always been about choices. :)

To be clear, I have nothing against supported releases, I prefer them even. Since it shows that developers care about Linux gaming if they support the game. I was just pointing out, that in a way, Wine gives us more choice than some publishers who decide what to release for Linux (and where), and what not.

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It's coming out on GOG too, but it doens't seem to be made by Feral.

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Quoting: MohandevirYou are right. Wine makes it viable. This is where it ends. It will never show up on GoG store, Steam and the likes, in this state.

Sure, but that goes back to my previous point - you don't need extra middlemen, if you already can play it. Some like this formal "it's supported" idea, and sure, it's good. But not necessary often :) Linux was always about doing something without gatekeepers telling you how to, so this fits the idea well.

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Quoting: MohandevirMore than that, an update on an unsuported game may totally break wine support at any moment. Want non-techy users to deal with that?

Sure, but so can the game break, after porters aren't supporting it anymore. So what has higher chances to last longer? I'd bet on the FOSS option in such case. It doens't mean I propose to always use Wine instead of native rewrites, but simply point out that Wine makes it very viable without porters involved already.

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