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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 08, 2015
You guys are awesome, keep up the amazing work. Let's hope Windows 10 is a decent OS to game on =)
Posted July 08, 2015

And also, if you want to keep playing modern games, you will HAVE to upgrade eventually, as there is no Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 support planned for Direct X 12.
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wuerfelprinz: "Modern games" won't force me into using trusted computing via windows 10. Microsoft or any hardware manufacturer will definitely not decide which software I may and which software I may not run.
So stick with what you want. It's just like the XBOne or PS4. There are exclusive titles and you have to get the hardware if you want it. I am simply pointing out that it is going to be there and if you want to play Call of Doody 120, you won't be able to do so unless you upgrade.
Posted July 08, 2015
thanks gog
Posted July 08, 2015
Well, whatever. I'm planning to upgrade and stick to Windows 7 for the next 10 years at least so....
Posted July 08, 2015
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vicklemos: personally I hope GOG repeats this sort of thread this november, when SteamOS launches.
There is already a bunch of GOG game compatible with SteamOS. But I too would like to see more of them ;)
Posted July 08, 2015
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phaolo: I already imagine that MS would label that "MetroUi2" feature as critical lol..
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Zacron: I suppose that is possible, but we already have a "MetroUI2"
Then call it MetroUI X7.
Or think about any possible unwanted feature.
It was just an example.
Post edited July 08, 2015 by phaolo
Posted July 08, 2015
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vicklemos: personally I hope GOG repeats this sort of thread this november, when SteamOS launches.
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vv221: There is already a bunch of GOG game compatible with SteamOS. But I too would like to see more of them ;)
So is SteamOS an Ubuntu/Debian derivative? (didn't hear or read much about it)
Posted July 08, 2015
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BillyMaysFan59: So is SteamOS an Ubuntu/Debian derivative? (didn't hear or read much about it)
SteamOS is based on Debian, like Ubuntu is.
Actually it is something like ~95% Debian and ~5% Valve ;)

At first they planned to base it on Ubuntu, I don’t really know why they switched to Debian but I’d guess it has something to do with being closer to the upstream.
Posted July 08, 2015
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BillyMaysFan59: So is SteamOS an Ubuntu/Debian derivative? (didn't hear or read much about it)
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vv221: SteamOS is based on Debian, like Ubuntu is.
Actually it is something like ~95% Debian and ~5% Valve ;)

At first they planned to base it on Ubuntu, I don’t really know why they switched to Debian but I’d guess it has something to do with being closer to the upstream.
Personally I feel better off using Debian itself :D

(The latest stable version has worked quite well for gaming)
Posted July 08, 2015
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BillyMaysFan59: Personally I feel better off using Debian itself :D

(The latest stable version has worked quite well for gaming)
There’s no way I could even think to use SteamOS instead of my Debian Sid!
I read a lot about it because it might have some consequences on the Linux world, but I won’t go as far as testing it… Hey, I don’t even want to try Steam, so it should tell you how I feel about Steam*OS* ;)
Posted July 08, 2015
Yup I too am getting my system ready for Win 10. I've backup up my stuff. After my win 10 update I'll partition my HDD and do a clean install of windows 10.. Can't wait. I have everything in place for July 29. :)
Posted July 08, 2015
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Crosmando: There was a Windows 9?
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vicklemos: There wasn't an Xbox 180 either! :D
But god knows I still want my Nintendo 32. And don't gimme no Virtual Boy crap! :P
What puzzles me most is when and why did they decide to do the forced upgrade from 6 Up to 7 Up, and whether there are any outlets still selling anything from 1 Up to 6 Up?
I think customers should have the right to choose when they want to go for the upgraded version.
Posted July 08, 2015
That's awesome. :-) But what about games removed from store? I'm wondering if they will get the same update. Anyway thanks a lot!
Posted July 08, 2015
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Zacron: I suppose that is possible, but we already have a "MetroUI2"
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phaolo: Then call it MetroUI X7.
Or think about any possible unwanted feature.
It was just an example.
I know it was. I was not disputing that part, did you read the rest of what I wrote? I was explaining that when that happened, it was OPTIONAL from MS, and we didn't HAVE to get it.

MS has learned over the years that the core features of an OS can't be changed. They will change minor things, but nothing major unless it is absolutely critical. And even then, they simply release that change as a whole new OS. They may ADD things, with Service Packs, but even then, when have they ever changed something like that without releasing it separately?
Posted July 08, 2015
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Crosmando: There was a Windows 9?
No, they avoided that marketing number if I remember correctly because it would cause compatibility problems with some older software that does not use proper methods for detecting the operating system version for compatibility related things. If they'd used "Windows 9", some software would mistake it for "Windows 95" or "Windows 98" due to poor algorithms that look only for the first number and draw conclusions from it.

I don't recall where I read this and whether it was an official Microsoft comment or someone else, so I don't know if this is true or not, but it seems very reasonable to me as a software engineer. I've experienced software doing a very similar things in Linux, writing their own OS detection code that make bad assumptions about things instead of using official or defacto methods that are more accurate and less error prone.

It's not the first time they've done this though. There was no consumer Windows 4, 5, or 6 either (in terms of marketing name, although other versions of WIndows did identify themselves numerically with those numbers).
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