https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/gogs-new-owner-cant-stand-windows-either-its-such-poor-quality-software-i-cant-believe-it/ [] Skip to main content (*) ( ) Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition flag of US UK EditionUK US EditionUS CA EditionCanada AU EditionAustralia Subscribe Sign in * * View Profile * Sign out [ ] Search Search PC Gamer [ ] * * Games * Hardware * News * Reviews * Guides * Video * Forum * More + PC Gaming Show + Software + Movies & TV + Codes + Coupons + Magazine + Newsletter + Affiliate links + Meet the team + Community guidelines + About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine Subscription PC Gamer Magazine Subscription Why subscribe? * Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag * Try a single issue or save on a subscription * Issues delivered straight to your door or device From$1 Subscribe now Don't miss these Microsoft Copilot app Windows In a truly galaxy-brained rebrand, Microsoft Office is now the 'Microsoft 365 Copilot app,' but Copilot is also still the name of the AI assistant The official splashscreen for Steam, showing the logo at the centre and various games as horizontal tiles in the background. 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N364709 03: Actor Patrick Stewart talks with Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft, addresses the crowd during the launching of Windows 2000 in San Francisco on February 17, 2000. (Image credit: Jeff Christensen via Getty Images) Share Share by: * Copy link * Facebook * X * Whatsapp * Reddit * Pinterest * Flipboard Share this article 39 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google "Windows sucks" feels like one of the most uncontroversial statements you can make online these days. Between AI guff, constant upselling (would you like to purchase an Office 365 subscription? No? Okay I'll ask again tomorrow), and myriad other reasons to be sick to the back teeth of Microsoft, it kind of feels like we're all trapped beating on the glass of an OS determined to make itself worse with every update (well, I'm not: I installed Linux). At least it's not just you and me. Over the course of a wide-ranging chat about GOG's now-independent future, I asked new owner Michal Kicinski and managing director Maciej Golebiewski if the storefront had much interest in the ongoing backlash against Windows and gamers' embrace--however small--of Linux. I got, well, two answers. The first, from Golebiewski, was straightforward: "Yes, we are." In fact, GOG has made Linux "one of the things that we've put in our strategy for this year to look closer at." Alas, that's pretty much all the detail he's willing to give. "I don't want to commit to any specifics, but certainly you will see this trend, and we also see that Linux is close to the hearts of our users, so we probably could do better on that front, and that's something that we'll be looking at." Related articles * Linux Designer Linus Torvalds - stock photo. Linus Torvalds was the designer of the open-source operating system Linux. 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So I'm not surprised that people gravitate outside of the Windows ecosystem. It's not the best ecosystem." Boy, ain't that the truth. Windows AI Please god no. (Image credit: Microsoft) So if you ask me, I'd be surprised if GOG didn't hop aboard the Linux train that Valve kicked into high gear with the Steam Deck. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't think we're gonna see a GOG Deck any time soon, but better Linux support for games on the platform? Or at least for those in GOG's Game Preservation program? It doesn't sound unlikely to me. 2026 gamesBest PC gamesFree PC gamesBest FPS gamesBest RPGsBest co-op games 2026 games: All the upcoming games Best PC games: Our all-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPS games: Finest gunplay Best RPGs: Grand adventures Best co-op games: Better together The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. 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