GOG announces Galaxy app is coming to Linux after hiring a "specialist"

"In the meantime, you can use third-party GOG launchers like Lutris or Heroic Games Launcher, or use Valve's Proton compatibility later to install the Windows version inside of Steam, though both approaches leave a little to be desired."

Why do both approaches leave a little to be desired? Some explanation, having used both Lutris and Steam methods, they both work well enough. Of course a native version of Galaxy will be welcome if/when it arrives.

This is great. I try to get GOG when possible and i have issues with Heroic on Bazzite sometimes.

@Jimbojones Lutris et al having issues, is not quite the same as saying they "leave a little to be desired" as claimed ATL.

I mean I hope they fix GOG Galaxy in general. I often have issues with store pages not loading, generally being terribly slow and integrations resetting themselves (or not even being actively supported anymore). I already gave up on the idea that they'll manage to get the "one launcher to rule them all" thing working correctly. I just use it for a few newer games and a couple of retro games. For the foreseeable future Steam will stay my main, especially because of the social features and some games just not getting updates on GOG beyond a certain point.

@Obsidian76 I’ve very little Linux experience but tried to install and launch cyberpunk on my steam machine using Heroic. Just hit a crash every time I moved past the CDPR splash page which has cyberpunk Witcher etc. so something a little more native to Linux without the need for the Heroic launcher would be helpful to me . There might be more tutorials for this pop up online as more people get their hands on the steam machine but for now I can only find steam deck walkthroughs or people showing how to get the game in your library but not actually launching the game. So it’s not very easy. But as I say I’ve no Linux experience outside of the steam machine so people in the know might fair better.

ProtonDB search for Cyberpunk would be the suggested place to look for tips and launch options like --launcher-skip and which proton version is recommended getting it to launch. Im just downloading CP2077 from gog via Lutris, to see if I can replicate the issues you describe. This is on my spare parts cachyos/Steam box. The cachyos gaming on linux guide has been invaluable, CachyOS and SteamOS are based on Arch linux, although I found steamos frustrating down to its atomic/immutable nature.

@Biedls @wsjudd re testing CP2077, on my steam box I switched it to desktop mode logged into gog account from within Lutris, downloaded and installed CP2077, on first launch, it went straight into the game, ran benchmark, exited and launched again, the red launcher showed up, so I added --launcher-skip to the game options in Lutris, verified that proton cachyos latest (can be used on steam machine) was selected, tested again, confirmed red launcher bypassed. Then in Lutris added a steam short cut, rebooted into steamos/gamescope mode (like with steam machine). Launched the game multiple times from within Steamos for testing, just need to transfer some save files over from Windows box(s), as I said above the reading the cachyos game guide has been invaluable as is protondb. I used lutris to install Ubisoft connect and AC:Blackflag Rsynced and create a steam short cut to add the game to steam, next is to setup EA games launcher and Epic launcher. I might experiment with Heroic for those two.

@Obsidian76 thanks for the feedback. After a lot of faffing about I managed to get it working. I had to allow experimental proton to work in Heroic launcher to work. Only seemed an issue with cyberpunk phantom liberty. My other GOG game just worked with everything defaulted.