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What's better than GOG Galaxy? (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by possiblylinux127 to c/[email protected]
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Right now I am running GOG Galaxy in bottles and it is mostly stable. However, I don't like how GOG Galaxy constantly is showing ads and harvesting data.

What I am looking for is another Windows launcher that can manage GOG games. Ideally it should be simple and work with a controller.

I also need an alternative to the cloud sync. I think it might be possible to either use Syncthing to sync folders or to setup a network share and then use some scripting to save my progress once I'm done playing. The biggest issue I have is that I don't know how to import my GOG cloud saves into the offline installer.

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[–] possiblylinux127 -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm using bottles

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's some context missing here. Why prefer bottles over a native client? You can still run the game in bottles right?

[–] possiblylinux127 -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm Lazy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still not following. Native clients are easier. A lazy person would be delighted!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yup. I'm lazy, and Heroic makes things incredibly easy. I just install Heroic, login to GOG, and then play games. Not sure how much easier it can get than that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok I'll bite. What the fresh hell are you doing running bottles on windows?

[–] possiblylinux127 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not running Bottles under Windows. I'm running it on Linux and the environment it creates runs Windows software. I don't want the headache of tweaking it so I want everything to just work in inside the wine prefix created by Bottles.

I created a new prefix a while back and when I installed GOG everything just worked. I'm looking for a Windows game launcher that can replace GOG running in bottles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I understand completely now. I don't have the answer for you but I use minigalaxy (running natively on Linux) which can download and launch games using wine tricks. I don't have an answer for the cloud save though