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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Kind of. You can install stuff like lutris or steamdeck plugins that connect to gog and download games for you

The cover question is: do the games support Linux? And with proton, a lot of them do

[–] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What does the "Linux" filter refer to then?
https://www.gog.com/en/games/new?systems=linux

Edit: I tried with a random free game. Provided was a shell script with binary data appended to it.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Native supported Linux games. Why?

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So Linux users can install the game without having to use some translation software like Proton.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago

Depends on the game. A giant part of their library is, well, good old games, that only run on Windows natively

Yeah, I thought that was the question. I never considered downloader/launcher, or whatever their software does.

I'd recommend Bottles over Lutris due to the latter's unfortunate use of LLMs/AI.