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GOG Connect announced, add certain Steam games to GOG for a limited time
3 Jun 2016 at 2:36 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: TheBardGOG surely have a lot of potential but as of today, linux and multi-player users on GOG are second-zone citizens.
Blame developers for missing Linux versions on GOG, especially ones like AOW III. They literally said they don't want to bother updating another version, so it's them who treat GOG users as second class citizens.

Valve announce over half a million Steam Controllers have been sold
3 Jun 2016 at 2:33 am UTC

Do they have stats for Steam Machines sales too? Would be interesting to see how they are doing. Though I don't expect any major spikes until Vulkan will take hold.

GOG Connect announced, add certain Steam games to GOG for a limited time
2 Jun 2016 at 2:39 am UTC

Also, not sure why they didn't include it, but if you have Witcher 1 or Witcher 2 on Steam, you can get them on GOG any time using this page:

https://www.gog.com/witcher/backup [External Link]

Quoting: wvstolzingAlso, there's Witcher 1, but no Witcher 2 or 3? That's a bit odd.
See above for the Witcher 2. TW3 is odd, yes.

Steam's latest Hardware Survey is out, shows Linux at 0.84%
2 Jun 2016 at 12:54 am UTC Likes: 6

I think people should stop paying attention to this survey. It's not representative of the whole picture even for Steam itself.

Two Worlds Epic Edition openworld action RPG now on Linux, uses Wine
30 May 2016 at 5:11 am UTC

Quoting: coryrj19951Anyone else notice that this is the GOG version wrapped in WINE (second time I seen this done :P ). Completely DRM free and can be ran with the .SH script without steam open.
Why can't they release it on GOG then?

Two Worlds Epic Edition openworld action RPG now on Linux, uses Wine
29 May 2016 at 10:02 pm UTC

Why would they need Steam runtime for Wine though? If the game is playable in Wine, just get the GOG version and run it.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.11 Is Now Available
27 May 2016 at 7:20 pm UTC

If it's not needed for most games, then it's better to leave it as an optional fix.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.11 Is Now Available
27 May 2016 at 4:17 pm UTC

Good to hear they fixed the long standing Witcher bug: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34052 [External Link]

The handheld Linux computer Pyra is available for pre-order
26 May 2016 at 11:44 pm UTC

Yeah, I remember people running Easy Debian on Nokia N900 and using a stylus to navigate Open Office there ;)

The handheld Linux computer Pyra is available for pre-order
26 May 2016 at 9:32 pm UTC

@Lightkey: I wouldn't call it fine if it needs precision with small controls. I'd say it's some stretch if usability is concerned. I'm OK with them doing what they want, but you can't claim it has good ergonomics for UI that has tiny elements in it.