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While the "gambling" problem exists with a lot a of games, the Valve one is bad enough to already be banned in a number of countries. Can't say how this is handled in New York laws specifically, but there are definitely indications in the world that it's not good.

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I hardly think Valve's lootboxes are to blame for the US' unhealthy obsession with guns, but I'd agree that they encourage gambling. In the same way that e.g. Pokemon card booster packs do, at least.

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Wow, this is some interesting stuff... Thank you for keeping us informed!

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Quoting: ShmerlStill waiting for Debian team to package 6.6.x.

Still waiting for Mint team to package any 6.x!!

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Quoting: StellaI'm looking forward to 6.6.6😆

The desktop of the beast. 😆

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Evil Empire? No thanks.

They abandoned Dead Cells on GOG with at least 1 missing patch. Not touching anything else from them, DRM-Free or not. I contacted the devs but nothing has been done for over 1 year.

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Just used mine to play a pass-'n'-play game of Terraforming Mars Sunday night at the Keck Observatory HQ during an observing run, while waiting (fruitlessly) for the weather to clear up enough for the telescope to open. 😄 I'm still more of a desktop player overall, but for certain situations I wouldn't give my Deck up for anything. (Now if only I could go back in time and give it to my 10-year-old self…)

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Quoting: StellaI'm looking forward to 6.6.6😆

Beat me to it. 😆

⸸ 😈 ⸸

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Still waiting for Debian team to package 6.6.x.

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I find myself not using Lutris anymore. Though, with the addition of the Value runtime I might pick it up again for Warcraft III.

Also, I hope the Romm plugin pans out as that would be awesome.

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Quoting: ItsRainingSomewhereI started off with Lutris for my GOG needs. For the most part it worked fine but I would have issues with certain games failing to install due to the install scripts that get used.

I haven't used any install scripts with Lutris in a long while. I just install the game from the executable. It works almost always out of the box, at least with the games I play.

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Quoting: F.UltraIE was never part of the DMA […]

Then why bring it up if there's no relevance?

Quoting: F.UltraLikewise with the DMA this is about gatekeepers not being allowed to use their position, like Apple being gatekeepers of their Appstore, to get advantages in the payment sector. Which have ZERO to do with a specific cut.

I clarified this (& the cut was still 30% when the DMA was conceived). Doesn't change the idea to regulate the "Apple [30%] tax".

Quoting: F.UltraAnd it is you that have it backwards, Spotify complained about Apple in 2019 but the initial plans for the DMA was made in 2014 during the Juncker Commission, the same commission that gave us the GDPR and that removed the cell phone roaming charges within the EU. It was never about Apples, Google or anyone else:s cut, it was always about regulating the behaviour of the Big Tech firms.

But the Juncker Commission did not formulate the DMA. The Juncker commission conceived this kind of big tech regulation (& I think even defined the term gate keepers) and very likely in this period rule sets were defined. But the DMA itself was formalised later (2020) & will contain lobbying input from various parties (e.g. said complain from Spotify).

There were different approaches investigated, too.

You still fail to explain how the payment processing regulation is not about the cut - when you already said yourself "[they] simply do not want to give Apple any money" (i.e. it's about Apple's cut).

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I wish they'd let us have more customization on notification location. Atm you can only select corners but it be better if you could designate a boxed in location for them, or force a compact version that sticks to the APP icon triggering the notification. ATM mine sort of float over top of my browser and its a bit annoying.

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Quoting: TarosWhat is a sniper runtime?

"Sniper" is Valve's codename for Steam Linux Runtime 3. Linux Runtimes help with running Native Linux games, by providing particular versions of Linux libraries that might be missing.

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Happy Birthday, Steam Deck 🥰

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What is a sniper runtime?

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Quoting: memvirusI have a problem with nvidia-driver-580 after it has been automatically upgraded via sudo apt upgrade
but it seems like I just cannot install anything else anymore, if I do sudo apt install nvidia-driver-565 (which was working amazing for me) it just installs 580.........

This happened to me as well. I commented about it here on GoL. @CatKiller kindly answered:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/nvidia-driver-580-105-08-out-now-for-linux-as-the-new-recommended-version/?comment_id=285291

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Quoting: _wojtekAlso: all those Firefox "forks" would probably cease to exist once Firefox is gone so keep that in mind…

Of course, but I'd say the odds Firefox being gone are pretty slim. Plus, there will always be other options. I'm glad you're happy with Firefox. That doesn't mean others can't disagree with the way Mozilla does things. That is the reason for forks. Linux Mint exists because not all users agree with Ubuntu's focus or direction. Vivaldi exists because there are those that don't like Google's focus on advertising and data-harvesting. There are (and should be) options for everyone.

Keep in mind that Firefox won't be around once Firefox is gone, either... 😏

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Nice :) Hoping this release was what the cachy maintainers were waiting for ... so I can get on 26 and try out that sweet rt stuff people have been talking about for forever

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Nope, doesn't change a thing... The second I'm asked to verify my identity for social media - even an account where I use my actual name - the second I delete said account.

The Internet should be a place of Free Speech without fear or persecution; not a bucket full of data to harvest, where people can be persecuted if they choose to share their opinions, which is often the case (irrespective of your views)(this of course, is why a lot of people hide behind a screen name).

I am old enough to remember the world before the Internet; if I need to go without some or all of it, I feel confident that I'll be just fine.

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Quoting: ItsRainingSomewhereI started off with Lutris for my GOG needs. For the most part it worked fine but I would have issues with certain games failing to install due to the install scripts that get used. I eventually tried Heroic and have had no issues, both on my Steam Deck and on my Fedora KDE machines.

I'm glad there is the choice of both for folks but Heroic gets my vote for a reliable and simple GOG installer.

I agree. Lutris is far more versatile but Heroic is by far the more polished experience. Plus having support for GOG cloud saves so I can play between my desktop and Steam Deck is a huge point in Heroics favor as well.

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I'm curious what the issue is with that? It's so they can ensure people actually buy games they want and actually redeem them, instead of sucking up cheap keys to put up on a reseller.

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Quoting: memvirusshould have not upgraded.. can I install the 0.5.20 version of lutris again via flatpak?

You can install specific versions of packages with both apt and flatpak.

With flatpak you can find all available versions (or commits) of Lutris with the command:
flatpak remote-info --log flathub net.lutris.Lutris

Copy the commit hash for the version you want to install, then run:
flatpak update --commit=[commit hash] [app id]

Or, just copy-paste the following into your terminal to roll back to 0.5.20, at your own risk because I haven't tested it:
flatpak update --commit=19516c28a17c7beb7dd3505322ee451eb4ae2be55ce7a8a61a99487e81d2ff45 net.lutris.Lutris

For what it's worth, the 0.5.22 deb from the Lutris github works fine for me on Mint.

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Quoting: LampWe already have ID verification sorted out digitally in Sweden without ever giving the service our ID, we rely on a thing called "BankID" that is like a 2 step verification with an app on our phone
First we have our identity verified at the bank with a valid ID like a drivers license, passport etc, get a BankID token connected to our person verified by the bank and the state, this has been a thing for many years now

Using this for discord would sort of work like this: Discord could ask for you to verify your age using the BankID api, I scan the QR code with my phone, use my secret code on the app to verify that I am who I say I am, the BankID system verifies my the token on my phone and identity in their system in conjunction with the code I typed in, and then tells Discord that yes, this person is an adult and who they say they are through a trusted system
Discord never needs to see my ID, they never get any more info than needed, only that yes, I am of adult age, let me use the system

At least that is how I think it would work

Sadly I have started seeing whispers from (so far very screw-loosey sources) that BankID does have Palantir and Pegasus code in their newer versions of the code. (Some unhinged dude did some reverser engineering on the binary blob, not very spread confirms yet)

But why not, they law enforcement uses it, why wouldnt the private banking sector use such tools?

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyOr is it an older sibling that died and is being resurrected?

You're thinking original Steam Machine buried in the nearest pet sematary way back in 2018 lumbered back into Valve HQ? If so, let's hope sometimes, dead isn't better... 😜

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Happy four year SteamDeck!

Been playing on mine more or less daily since I got it three years ago! 😃

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Quoting: Molton Brownfingers crossed they can get the younger sibling out this year at a decent price.

Here's an odd question: Is the Steam Machine a younger sibling? Or is it an older sibling that died and is being resurrected?

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All these people talking Swedish, Finnish, EU solutions . . . don't you non-North Americans realize that doing verification without letting Palantir et al. spy on you is socialism?!

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Quoting: AsciiWolf"Connect Your Steam Account

To purchase Steam game collections, you need to connect your Steam account for verification purposes."

Seriously?

I won't be doing that. Didn't Humble try something like this years ago?

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Fluxer? Shouldn't we focus on making matrix the decentralized goto place for former discord users? I don't think we need a reimventuon from scratch once again.

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