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Good News Gamers! GOG is Officially Coming to Linux
GOG built its whole brand around selling DRM-free games and providing offline installers that work without requiring an internet connection or any kind of verification from their side.
They even encourage people to download installers and copy them over to physical media like discs, and treat the copy as theirs. This is something the big players in the space, Steam and Epic Games, just cannot do, since both keep your library tethered to their clients.
And don't even get me started on account standing. If you break their rules, they retain the right to suspend your account or, worse, ban it outright, leaving you locked out of your own games.
GOG GALAXY is the company's optional client that does the things one would expect from such an application. It handles auto-updates, cloud saves, achievement tracking, rollbacks for when a patch breaks your save, and pulls in game libraries from other platforms.
Sadly, none of that has ever officially arrived on Linux, as the client is only offered for Windows and macOS. Linux gamers who want it on their systems have to run the Windows client through compatibility layers like Bottles or Lutris instead of installing it directly.
All's not gloom though, as it has now been confirmed that a Linux build of GOG GALAXY is coming. Speaking to Liam from GamingOnLinux, the joint CEO of GOG, Krzysztof Papliński, stated that they already have a "specialist on board," and are looking for the "best way to approach Linux support."
Before you get too excited, know that there's no release window mentioned in the original email reply by Krzysztof, who notes that:
This isn't appearing out of nowhere. Late last year, GOG became an independent company after CD Projekt sold it to co-founder Michał Kiciński, ending its run as a subsidiary.
A few days later, in January, Michał told PC Gamer that Windows is "poor-quality software" and that he isn't surprised people are gravitating away from the ecosystem altogether.
In the same interview, managing director Maciej Gołębiewski said Linux was already one of the things GOG had put in its strategy for the year.