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Internet Archive hit with DDoS attacks and hacked with 31 million accounts hit
11 Oct 2024 at 10:22 am UTC Likes: 24

Lame. Don't they realize that archive.org is fighting for our right for free information. That probably includes them.

ZOOM Platform store announces new tool to run Windows games on Linux with Proton
8 Oct 2024 at 3:03 pm UTC Likes: 13

Hm. Ok. First download script. Hm. Licensed under the bsd 3 license. Ok. Ow. Binary encoded into script source. Ah. It's Innoextract. To extract Windoze installers.

Heh. They hook into lutris.net to get the available runners. Like dxvk or umu. They use it to get umu.

Hm. Support method. Support method. Etc. Etc.

Usage switches. How to use the script.

Unpack innoextract to tmp.

Check if umu is installed. If not download from lutris source.

Show dialog if no installer was specified.

Check file permissions.

Check for zoom guid. That's the game Id.

Set inno app ID.

Check if installer is for dlc.

Let user select path.

Show message if destination is not writable.

Some prefix validation.

Check destination is empty or not existent.

Write some stuff into c drive of prefix.

Write some stuff into prefix registry.

Launch installer.

Log file stuff during install.

Icons, Uninstaller etc.

That's basically it.

Get a free copy of Whispering Willows during the GOG Autumn Sale
7 Oct 2024 at 7:19 am UTC

Hm. Don't see a free copy of Whispering Willows.

Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx gets shut down
2 Oct 2024 at 4:42 pm UTC Likes: 4

Sadly the group buying Nintendo games is bigger than the group who are voting with their wallets. :sad:

Deadlock from Valve has an amusing new anti-cheat system turning cheaters into frogs
28 Sep 2024 at 3:03 am UTC Likes: 1

Frogs! Brilliant! Not really into multi-player but I really like this approach.

Major flaw found in CUPS - time to run Linux system updates
27 Sep 2024 at 11:47 am UTC Likes: 1

What I gather from the blog post is that the reaction to these findings is an irritated one instead of a proactive one. Like pulling your hand bag up to your nose and do like WHEEEEEEEEE! Like the old Reeves and Mortimer sketches. And then coming in with the fake frying pans. Also an old Reeves and Mortimer reference.




Last Epoch drops the Native Linux version, devs tell players to use Proton
20 Sep 2024 at 4:25 pm UTC Likes: 4

I wouldn't back a project merely for Linux support. It's too often used to get extra cash in to be dropped at first opportunity.

It's better to support a project because you are into a game idea.

Grand Theft Auto V gets BattlEye anti-cheat, breaks online play on Steam Deck / Linux
17 Sep 2024 at 7:19 pm UTC Likes: 3

I'm a cheetah! I'm a cheetah!


Microsoft Windows kernel changes don't suddenly mean big things for Linux gaming
15 Sep 2024 at 9:09 pm UTC Likes: 2

At some point even Windows users should realize what the potential security implications are when they run these kernel level solutions in their ring zero. Right?

Even when such a solution would be released for Linux, would you allow it?

For me, it's not really an issue as I don't play multi player games. But I'm curious though.