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General discussionNews: Getting Ready for Windows 10!(263 posts)(263 posts)
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Posted July 08, 2015
Windows 10 is coming on July 29th and we are as ready as can be!

You have been asking on our forums, and now we are here with the official word! We're getting ready for Windows 10 and putting our QA Team at full capacity to test the games we (and you!) are looking forward to play on the upcoming OS.

Currently, we are very optimistic about July 29th and hope you will make a near-seamless transition to gaming on the newest version of your Windows operating system.

GOG.com has always been about making sure our releases, especially the classics, are tested and playable out of the box on modern computers.



When GOG.com launched in 2008, Windows XP was by far the most popular operating system among gamers. Ever since then we've meticulously tested our entire library to introduce Day 1 compatibility with every new Windows release. We've done it for Windows 7, we've done it for Windows 8 - now we're doing it all again for Windows 10.

So far, things are looking great. We're encountering very few problems and most of those are either resolvable on our end, or likely to get fixed as Windows 10 nears release. In fact, many games that had issues on operating systems newer than Windows XP once again won’t suffer any hiccups on Windows 10. The OS is still a work in progress, so while anything can happen until the release date we're confident for the future. This is the smoothest transition to a brand new system that we've ever worked on.

Some games may need a patch to run perfectly smoothly, but don't worry - they will be available on the site, and if you use GOG Galaxy, your games will be ready to go automatically.
Posted July 09, 2015
Has anyone posted this yet?

Anyway, I'm sticking with Windows 7, I still think it's the best. They had to skip to Windows 10 because 7 ate 9.
Posted July 09, 2015
Good to hear that you guys are on top of Windows 10 release.

I plan on upgrading Day 1.
Posted July 09, 2015
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tzhu07: I plan on upgrading Day 1.
i wish i was that brave, i will wait for reviews & benchmarks.
Posted July 09, 2015
Anyone else waiting for security and privacy minded groups to dissect the final release before actually commiting? With the way M$ has been going lately with hamfistedly shoving shit down peoples throats and taking away system control I wouldn't be at all surprised if there weren't "special interest" backdoors and shit undermining the security.
Posted July 09, 2015
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tzhu07: I plan on upgrading Day 1.
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AlexZeusMercer: i wish i was that brave, i will wait for reviews & benchmarks.
You... you do realize that thousands are already using it, and have been for months... right?
Posted July 09, 2015
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Exoanthrope: Has anyone posted this yet?

Anyway, I'm sticking with Windows 7, I still think it's the best. They had to skip to Windows 10 because 7 ate 9.
To funny lol.
Posted July 09, 2015
I just tried silent service 2 which dates back to 1990 on the tech preview I have 10158. it worked fine even the dreaded carrier task force instant depth charge counter attack was not painful too bad I forgot the game controls but in the past the escots would just pummel me to death with massive depth charge attacks this time they just dropped a few and left.

so I would say anything that works in the dos box should work fine. and even new games like witcher 3 run great as well :)

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Posted July 09, 2015
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vicklemos: Actually I find reddit quite, humm, panfletary. In almost everything. They're important, I know, but nah, not for me.
"Panfletary"?
Posted July 09, 2015
Should be good. There's already almost as many people on Steam using Win 10 as there are Linux
Posted July 09, 2015
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vicklemos: Cool! That's so professional, nothing new from you guys :)

But personally I hope GOG repeats this sort of thread this november, when SteamOS launches.
No, I'm not kidding. I really do!
Wanna play my GOG games, especially the classics, with the Steam Controller and stuff, butt cheeks in couch mode :)
SteamOS is just ubuntu.
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Exoanthrope: Has anyone posted this yet?

Anyway, I'm sticking with Windows 7, I still think it's the best. They had to skip to Windows 10 because 7 ate 9.
I've tried Windows 10. It's like Windows 8 with a start menu but still has a lot of 8's problems. 7 Is still the best. It troubles me that so many people want to "upgrade" to 10 because you're just getting a number. Seriously 10 has less features then 7 you're paying more for less. It's only free for the first year.
Post edited July 09, 2015 by Magmarock
Posted July 09, 2015
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tammerwhisk: Anyone else waiting for security and privacy minded groups to dissect the final release before actually commiting? With the way M$ has been going lately with hamfistedly shoving shit down peoples throats and taking away system control I wouldn't be at all surprised if there weren't "special interest" backdoors and shit undermining the security.
Don't you worry your tinfoil hat one bit. Its been under heavy use for several months. I'm certain something would have been noticed.
Posted July 09, 2015
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Magmarock: SteamOS is just ubuntu.
Not exactly. It's based on Debian same as Ubuntu, but that doesn't make them the exact same.
Posted July 09, 2015
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vicklemos: Actually I find reddit quite, humm, panfletary. In almost everything. They're important, I know, but nah, not for me.
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HunchBluntley: "Panfletary"?
Uh, sometimes when the moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars this happens.
I was thinking in one language and writing in english. That's what you get when you're fluent in more than 8 languages or something (I suppose :P)
What I meant was that folks there are a little too uncle sam-ish, like "I want you" to think like this, or to do that, or this and that. They recruit the weak of mind; nah it's weird. I'll move on.
But as for you, my deer (lol more like a moose or whatever): capice? :)
See ya!
Post edited July 09, 2015 by vicklemos
Posted July 09, 2015
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Magmarock: SteamOS is just ubuntu.
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BKGaming: Not exactly. It's based on Debian same as Ubuntu, but that doesn't make them the exact same.
These days the difference between Debian and Ubuntu are pretty huge.
Posted July 09, 2015
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Magmarock: SteamOS is just ubuntu.
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BKGaming: Not exactly. It's based on Debian same as Ubuntu, but that doesn't make them the exact same.
The thing about SteamOS is that the "this isn't even my final form yet" factor will be jaw-droppin' this november.
People are already saying ''it's just debian/ubuntu'' (no offense to ya magmarock) but, imho, if it was only that and a steam wallpaper then tests, showcases of the thing working and many more wouldn't be needed to demonstrate the whole deal.

For me, having an OS for gaming purposes + the openness of linux for the living room is a dream coming true.
We just gotta have the right tools now, and they're named steam machines, link, vr, controller and so on.
I guess we gotta be like this dev, who's working on 'X Rebirth'.
responded to a user claiming they are wasting their time on the Linux version, and it's a great response.

The simplest short answer is: "steamos will be big, we need to get on the bandwagon".
Post edited July 09, 2015 by vicklemos
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