diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd173c58..32bb790b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ elseif(APPLE)
 
     create_source_groups(MACOS_SOURCES)
 
-elseif(LINUX)
+elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+    # Linux (the LINUX variable only exists in CMake >= 3.25; UNIX AND NOT APPLE
+    # works on all supported versions, so GUID_STDLIB is always defined here).
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DGUID_STDLIB -std=c++17")
 
     if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER MATCHES "clang")
diff --git a/sample/CMakeLists.txt b/sample/CMakeLists.txt
index f8015670..1c7fef42 100644
--- a/sample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Release")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
-if(LINUX)
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++17")
 
-    if(CLANG)
+    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++")
     endif()
     
diff --git a/sample_shared/CMakeLists.txt b/sample_shared/CMakeLists.txt
index ed1e7821..c9cae162 100644
--- a/sample_shared/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sample_shared/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Release")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
-if(LINUX)
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++17")
 
-    if(CLANG)
+    # Match the library's standard-library choice so the sample's ABI lines up
+    # with libGameAnalytics when built with clang.
+    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++")
     endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bc97e123..aee990bf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ def main():
 
 		triplet = f'{arch}-{platform}'
 
+		# On Windows, statically link curl/openssl/zlib into the DLL so the Unity
+		# plugin is a single self-contained GameAnalytics.dll (mirrors macOS, where
+		# vcpkg's default triplet already produces static deps). The "-static-md"
+		# variant keeps the dynamic CRT (/MD), matching CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY
+		# for shared builds; plain "-static" would use /MT and conflict.
+		if args.platform.startswith('win') and args.shared:
+			triplet = f'{arch}-windows-static-md'
+
 		if args.platform == 'osx':
 			osx_arch = arch if arch == 'arm64' else 'x86_64' # no official universal triplet for osx vcpkg
 			cmake_command += f' -DVCPKG_HOST_TRIPLET={triplet}'
diff --git a/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp b/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp
index f1e8d8de..ae1b6efe 100644
--- a/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp
+++ b/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp
@@ -637,7 +637,11 @@ namespace gameanalytics
                     }
                     catch (json::exception& e)
                     {
-                        logging::GALogger::e(e.what());
+                        // Cached config is unparseable (e.g. written by the legacy C# SDK
+                        // in binary-base64 instead of JSON). Discard the stale row; a fresh
+                        // config is fetched on init and rewritten as JSON, so this self-heals.
+                        logging::GALogger::d("Discarding incompatible cached sdk config: %s", e.what());
+                        store::GAStore::setState("sdk_config_cached", "");
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/source/gameanalytics/Platform/GALinux.cpp b/source/gameanalytics/Platform/GALinux.cpp
index 417afb80..ea3a7c5f 100644
--- a/source/gameanalytics/Platform/GALinux.cpp
+++ b/source/gameanalytics/Platform/GALinux.cpp
@@ -81,9 +81,19 @@ std::string gameanalytics::GAPlatformLinux::getOSVersion()
     std::string version;
     int const strSize = strlen(info.release);
 
+    int dotCount = 0;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < strSize; ++i)
     {
-        if (!isdigit(info.release[i]) && info.release[i] != '.')
+        if (info.release[i] == '.')
+        {
+            ++dotCount;
+            if (dotCount == 3)
+            {
+                version = std::string(info.release, info.release + i);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        else if (!isdigit(info.release[i]))
         {
             version = std::string(info.release, info.release + i);
             break;