Most people:

* have no idea what linux is
* never install any OS by themselves. they get it installed by default on their system when purchasing said system

The biggest problem is the GOG team doesn't seem to have a clue what Linux is. And to be perfectly honest I'd rather them not touch Linux until they do.

We're not stupid and have ways to get around the limitations. But for every game that has a native Linux version I will avoid GOG, simple.

It is those native versions that are the issue. Dosbox and ScummVM games are a non issue, but it would be fine if GOG would provide them and it would be unfair to demand that GOG set up Wine to work with say Alan Wake. The main issue is where there is an official Linux version provided with for example the Steam version of the game. It renders the GOG version inferior at least in cases where the Steam version is also DRM free.

I have decided to abandon gog.com until things change.
I was regular returning customer, buying each month something for couple of USD.

But now I am pissed off.
I bought FTL game and.... I had to re-purchase the game from steam to play it on my awesome linux box!
After humble indie bundle introduced Legend of Grimrock for linux story repeated again.
https://www.humblebundle.com/

I encourage everybody to stop wasting money on gog.com and purchase titles from steam where you can be sure that when linux version comes out you will be able to download it. Gog obviously doesn't care about our comfort.

Vote with your money!
Throwing money at gog will only increase already fake windows statistics.
More and more people want to use linux, but they can't due to gog.com alike selfish behaviour.

You are free not to buy on GOG. They do not lie but say they will not offer Linux versions. If you prefer a Linux system to play, you certainly won’t do any good buying games here. But since you bought here, I presume you wanted to play those games on Windows (or maybe Mac)?

I know it’s kind of silly not to offer the Linux versions for free or unsupported but there was already a big discussion about this. You simply cannot offer unsupported things. The problems arising with pissed of customers would be higher than those by simply saying “no Linux”.

For games like FTL it’s quite senseless, but I have to say, you did not necessarily need to buy it on Steam because the developer offers the game on his homepage via Humble Store, and it’s the same price (even with discounts) and the developer would have got more revenue and you have got it DRM-free …

The Humble Bundles (or other bundles) are great for getting Linux versions. I also think you are morally allowed to just pirate a Linux version if you already bought a Win version on GOG – but that’s a personal decision one need to make.

Of course I won't be buying anything more here for now.

I only want to encourage other linux enthusiast to consider redirecting their money flow to services which doesn't actively lock out linux versions of games. Steam happens to be such a service.

I started to collect games here with a believe that when linux version of particular game is released gog will most likely include it in download section. I was surprised when they just refused to do so.

For instance I bought Legend Of Grimmrock which at time of purchase was available only to windows users. Now its available to linux as well and it hurts my feelings that I cannot download it from here.

I had a dream that gog.com will be my ultimate library of all beloved games.
I was buying games of all kind. Some of them I bought just in tribute to their greatness and to redeem myself of playing them unlicensed years ago when I was a kid.

This dream is no longer, due to gog.com somehow actively excluding linux binaries from download section.

I hope you understand that there was a really personal reason I came here. I wish I could continue to use the service but I can't. Continuing using this service kills the very incentive of ultimate game library of choice.

And to be clear. GoG is awesome for somebody who cares only about playing on windows. They do a great job providing windows users with good old games.

GOG officially came out and said they won't be supporting Linux anytime soon, as they feel it is incompatible with their business model. I'm definitely not happy about it. I would like GOG to be my one big basket of games. Being able to download a game when I need it AND be able to store DRM-Free installers locally is an important criteria that GOG meets.

Unfortunately I have more or less purchased all of the older titles I have any real interest in, and I am left waiting on GOG to bring in more recent stuff. A lot of that tier of game has come from the indi game genre, which has been very progressive about offering Linux versions of games. I have purchased several games here that ended up having, or later making Linux versions that I can only get by purchasing the game a second time. It's very frustrating as a consumer to have to pay for something twice for no good reason just because my chosen vendor is flat out unwilling to do what everyone else is.

Now that GOG has officially erased all current hope I will be leaning away from GOG when something smells like it might ever have a Linux version. I have been massively de-incentivized from making GOG purchases. Unless GOG can arm wrestle a few modern titles out of the DRM death grip then I'm not sure what else GOG has to offer me at this point.

The good old (DOS) games can be played on Linux without problems. The quite old Windows games probably never will get a Linux port. This leaves the newer (indie) games in question. Since also Steam offers Linux support, there is not much advantage from GOG except that you get a DRM-free version. But most games are also available either directly on the developer’s page (e.g. via Humble Store) or on DotEmu, Gamersgate or Desura. With all versions at once.

So you are right, for many new games it is not a good choice buying here, unless GOG announces Linux support in the future when there are other stores with competitive prices and rules (DRM-free). In my case, I have most new indie games already bought through (Humble) bundles, or they are DOS versions or seem to be playable through Wine.

But some games still are only available here (when you want them without DRM) like Assassin’s Creed. (I still hope for part 2 on GOG.)

Any updates on GOG and their support for Linux?

The Humble Store has lots of goodies to the games too and offers all ports available with each purchase (including Android).
I recently was angry at myself having bought Hammerwatch here, while for the same prize I would have gotten the Linux+Windows version from HB too. :/ Now I always have to start my dusty WinXP-Partition for the game.

I don't think, that I will buy another game from gog.com, as long as they treat Linux like that, because I switched to Linux Mint a few months ago and it's great. There even are ready to go Linux ports out there of many games that are sold here by now, nobody would lose anything if they had them on the servers here.

I think GOG will eventually add support for Linux. They cannot possibly fail to see the strong push towards Linux as a gaming platform, especially since Valve announced SteamOS. Furthermore, after the opening of the Humble Store with many titles available for Linux, they are no longer the only ones offering DRM-free games. And if there is one thing better than a DRM-free game, it is a DRM-free game with a native Linux version.

While it is true that most of the games here in gog.com do not even have a Linux version and it would not make much sense to go through all the hassle of adding that support, more and more new games are coming out with Linux versions these days, especially the kind of games that will end up in the gog.com catalog. Not supporting the Linux version of those new games does not seem wise, and I think the GOG folks are wise enough.

So, bringing Linux support may not be a priority for them right now, but it will have to be sooner rather than later if they don't want to lock themselves out of a growing market. I'm sure they can see that.

Other than not being able to get the rights for some of them if that is the case, regardless the others they can get they should I know a lot of people are un-happy with windows 8 and a lot of people want to switch to either steam os or another linux version but can't because they'd be unable to play the games they had on here.

Guys, can we please move this to the Linux support on GOG thread, as that has already 35 pages.