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General discussionWill GOG Galaxy continue to support Windows 7/Windows 8?(53 posts)(53 posts)
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Posted May 02, 2023
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Gudadantza: I am Pretty confused here. The Official requirements for Galaxy 2.0 are:

-Windows 8 or newer with the latest system updates.
-Mac OS 10.15 or newer with the latest system updates.

So I understand that Windows 7 wasn't officially supported since the beginning. It can could run, though.
its not about the games but the browsers
Posted May 02, 2023
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Gudadantza: I am Pretty confused here. The Official requirements for Galaxy 2.0 are:

-Windows 8 or newer with the latest system updates.
-Mac OS 10.15 or newer with the latest system updates.

So I understand that Windows 7 wasn't officially supported since the beginning. It can could run, though.
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ussnorway: its not about the games but the browsers
I am talking about GOG Galaxy. I don't know if that is about the games or the browsers
Posted May 02, 2023
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Gudadantza: I am talking about GOG Galaxy. I don't know if that is about the games or the browsers
Galaxy is Chromium-based.
Posted May 02, 2023
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Gudadantza: I am talking about GOG Galaxy. I don't know if that is about the games or the browsers
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LynXsh: Galaxy is Chromium-based.
And probaby that's the reason why the official requirements do not support Windows 7, so I am confused about the OP. because Windows 7 was not supported officially since the beginning
Posted May 02, 2023
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Microfish_1: I had comodo firewall, booted a game, and it minimized the game to ask "can this program connect to the net" it did this with every single program that wanted to connect, until i set it to "guess for yourself and don't bother me anymore".
That kind of defeats the entire purpose of the whitelist firewall if you let someone else to decide for you what processes are allowed to access the internet.

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LynXsh: Galaxy is Chromium-based.
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Gudadantza: And probaby that's the reason why the official requirements do not support Windows 7, so I am confused about the OP. because Windows 7 was not supported officially since the beginning
It is the age old problem of everyone interpreting the the word support differently, which often tends to just cause unnecessary friction in situations where almost everyone would agree that ending official support for an old OS shouldn't automatically necessitate making something incompatible with that OS as soon as possible.
Posted May 02, 2023
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Gudadantza: And probaby that's the reason why the official requirements do not support Windows 7, so I am confused about the OP. because Windows 7 was not supported officially since the beginning
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JAAHAS: It is the age old problem of everyone interpreting the the word support differently, which often tends to just cause unnecessary friction in situations where almost everyone would agree that ending official support for an old OS shouldn't automatically necessitate making something incompatible with that OS as soon as possible.
Yes - that summarises it nicely.

For Windows 7:
- End of life - January 2020
- End of ESU - January 2023

Chromium
- Windows 7 not supported from January 2023

Steam
- Windows 7 incompatibility from January 2024

GoG Galaxy 2.0
- Windows 7 never officially supported
- Windows 7 incompatibility - TBC

GoG Offline Installers
- Installers are compatible with Windows 7
- Support and games currently on a case-by-case basis

Needless to say, when an OS reaches end of life, as Windows 7 has, at some point things are going to stop working and will require increasingly complicated workarounds and eventually even these will stop fully working.
Posted May 02, 2023
Ir's unfortunate as I really liked Windows 7/`10 but not so much 11. It is bound to happen.
Posted May 03, 2023
My PC -

Gulag Chromium Not Supported Ever.
AOL/Hotmail Not Supported Since Windows XP.
Yahoo tolerated but not used since Windows 98, except for spam websites & accounts.
Adobe Not Supported since they can't stand themselves...
Java Not Supported because it's a failed 4th GL, since Windows 7.
IE Browser not supported since Netscape Suite (now called Seamonkey Suite).

As for the convenience of upgrading/downgrading updates on my games, I need NONE if they work initially. I don't need a shortcut manager, I know how to make folders.


The Difference Is - Galaxy will survive the OS Exodus with flying colors. The others... not so much.
Post edited May 03, 2023 by AS882010M0
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