Simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4 released

Minigalaxy is a simple and to the point GOG game downloader for Linux, with a brand new release in version 1.4 now available. It might not have all the bells and whistles that the likes of Heroic and Lutris have, but it’s still a nice option if GOG is your main store of choice.

A lot of this update is general improvements to how the apps works, especially with downloads and installs so a lot more should work as expected.

The full changelog:

• Various improvements to the download manager, including a pause function.
• Speed up creation of wine prefixes during installations.
• Use regedit to more permanently disable useless shortcut creation by wine from within a prefix.
• Introduce a UI to show all active, stopped or failed downloads. Also allows to permanently pause a download.
• Make more Windows games able to launch through Minigalaxy.
• The download UI also shows a rough size estimate if possible.
• Fix connection resource leak in Download Manager.
• The number of parallel downloads can now be adjusted dynamically. Previous setting is saved.
• Fixed a bug that would lead to DLCs being recognized as stand-alone games.
• Allow more games to be launched via information from goggame.info files.
• The DLC list will now show a table-like multi-column view where necessary. This fixes issues with games having a high number of DLCs.
• Some bug fixes in Download Manager related to cancelling active and queued downloads.
• Fix deletion logic of downloaded installation files. Base installers and DLC will not interfere with each other anymore.
• Failed installs will try to keep as many downloaded parts as possible, even without the keep_installers option enabled.
• Deleting a file in download ui now also provides the option to fully cancel the game download as if cancel on the thumbnail was clicked.
• It’s now possible to cancel auto-resume of one of many parallel DLC downloads for a game by clicking delete in the download ui after stopping it first.
• With keep_installers enabled, Minigalaxy can now detect if a game has been fully downloaded. If not, the UI will still show the ‘Download’ button.
• Installations will now run one at a time through a queue, multiple DLC can be downloaded in quick sequence.
• Large DLC downloads will be resumed automatically on restart.
• Improved shutdown logic of Minigalaxy. If there is an installation running, it will be finished.
• Simple fix progress bar for games consisting of multiple files.
• Fix log in screen remaining blank on some distributions.
• Fix Minigalaxy not launching on some setups with older Nvidia cards.

See more on the website.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.