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hiccuphippo10/11/20243 repliesview on HN

You can use the heroic game launcher instead of gog galaxy: https://heroicgameslauncher.com/

And you can just download the games from their website, they don't force you to use gog galaxy.


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OWMYT10/11/2024

I am just a bit concerned about their attitude. If they were to release a decent open source Linux client with compatibility layers (just free ride Valve for now...) and commit to maintaining it, then I guess I am on the boat. Last time I checked the process was not very polished and games could be outdated.

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ensignavenger10/11/2024

I would love to do that, but I have always had trouble getting it to work well with GOG. Maybe it is something odd with my systems, but I have found it is easier to just download the games from alternative sources than GOG and run them in Lutris, setting them up manually.

Fire-Dragon-DoL10/11/2024

Heroic game launcher has huge flaws, one of this is to update a videogame, you have to download another copy of the game. Updating baldur's gate on my steam deck takes 180gb.