telemachuszero
Both games are classics and worth trying if you haven’t played them yet. Love it when Prime Gaming gives out GOG keys.
It was nearly 24 years ago, so there’s more than half a decade someone could be born within following it and still be eligible to vote in this referendum.
The preamble contained more than recognition of indigenous Australians, that was only one of the points in it. Full text here https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/bills/r900_first-reps/toc_pdf/99160B01.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf
The next release of Heroic should support Amazon - support was merged a week or two ago.
https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2831
I love the Arkham series, but there is so much else to play it’s not hard to wait 3-5 years after for it to be released on GOG with all the unnecessary live service features removed.
https://www.protondb.com/app/1105510
It’s marked as unsupported by Valve, but as others have mentioned people are successfully playing it using Proton-GE instead of stock Proton. There’s plenty of guides online for installing Proton GE on Deck using ProtonUp-Qt (or Wine Cellar if you use Decky Loader) if you haven’t done it before.
it doesn’t support any anticheat for any major games
That’s pretty strongly worded - I know Bungie and Epic (Fortnite only) have both refused, but I consider quite a few of the many games that do support anti-cheat on Proton to be major https://areweanticheatyet.com/table/1/?search=&sortOrder=&sortBy=status
GOG’s Linux support doesn’t extend much beyond providing you with the binaries that the developers supplied. You’re left to figure out running the games yourself and hoping the developer didn’t make too many assumptions about system libraries.
Valve provides Linux runtime environments for native Linux games to target and run in, plus tools for developers to use to build for that environment. It’s not perfect but you’ll generally have a much easier time with Linux native games from Steam.
I’m sympathetic to GOG’s goals, but generally stick with Steam because of Valve’s level of support and commitment.
If you want to keep using the GOG version, you could try running the Windows build in Heroic Games Launcher + Wine-GE or Proton-GE (they’re available as runners within Heroic, it works pretty seamlessly). You’ll also get Cloud Saves which GOG doesn’t support for native Linux builds.
The native Linux version of Baldur’s Gate II Enhanced is running fine for me from Steam (on Fedora 38 Silverblue + Steam installed as a Flatpak). It also features cloud saves (and achievements if you care about those), if you’re set on playing the native build and willing to switch to Steam.
Hard to pick but early to mid 90s era Maxis, Bullfrog, Bungie (Pathways/Marathon/Myth era), Blizzard, and SEGA all come to mind. All either gone or changed.
There was a HDR hackfest earlier this year. A couple of reports from after the event if you’re interested https://emersion.fr/blog/2023/hdr-hackfest-wrap-up/ + https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2023/05/04/vivid-colors-in-brno/. It also got a brief mention in the System76 blog https://blog.system76.com/post/may-flowers-spring-cosmic-showers.
So it’s being worked on, and it seems all involved are trying to get it right - it sounds like gamescope on SteamOS doesn’t need to worry about solving all the problems that general purpose desktop compositors will have to.