Quoting: XpanderCan we please have less launchers in 2023! thanks

i would stress the fact that we need them to be optional and less intrusive so they don't break the user experience on hardware like the steam deck.

I don't like the outlook of everything being released on one store only like Steam.
Monopoly isn't good for the enduser.

On the bright side, i am sure that the Heroic Launcher Team will be trying to make this easier for users like Lutris Playnite and Gamehub already do in a different way.

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Microsoft and VMware to release a DirectX backend for Mesa.

Nvidia to go all in with an Opensource Driver with full reclocking for older generations like Maxwell.
Device Manufacturers from IOT over Smartphones, Components to Computers to develop Upstream first and push their stuff directly to mesa or Linux mainstream kernel instead of closed source drivers or Forks.

Activision, Ubi, 2k& Firaxis, Paradox releasing Linux launchers.

Open Source Launchers from all Publishers.
Its Electron and JSON anyway :whistle:

Activision releasing Wow, Hearthstone and Overwatch as non wrapped Linux Native games with Vulkan renderers.

Tortoise as Native Linux Version with integration in unity, gnome and kde.

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That picture reminds me of Final Fantasy Tactics way back on a mobile Nintendo handheld :)

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Quoting: PlintslîchoI was wondering if it is possible to only download games and don't have them installed automatically.

Heroic and its gogdl doesn't use the standalone installers but downloads the game files directly.
You want something like https://github.com/Kalanyr/gogrepoc [External Link] or MiniGalaxy.

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Quoting: pbGotta love the naming of these OSS alternatives. :wub:

You can't use the same name or the publisher might get angry but there still needs to be some kind of hint what the application should be used for :)

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GamingOnLinux should link Twitter in their Mastodon Profile and Mastodon on the Twitter Profile.
There are scrapers that help people to see if their favourite content is available on the other side as well like
https://pruvisto.org/debirdify [External Link] or https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ [External Link] .
Tell your friends, adjust your settings.

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So and now some details for the witcher 3 enhanced edition please.
If it is just halk hogans texture pack plus some raytracing i'll be disappointed :cry:

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Hopefully wine will be build soon for that release

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I think allowing third party launchers to integrate better with Steams UI would be a nice "third party app" feature , Heroic or UbiConnect instead of Chrome would be a lot nicer.

Or a firefox browser that can be more easily controlled with a controller.

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I think having a native Linux version of Battle.net that uses Proton to start their games like Steam does it, would be fine.
Having their games eventually move to Vulkan and become easier to port to Linux would of course be even better.
I can imagine Hearthstone being a nice addition to a portable computer like the steamdeck :)

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