Quoting: M@GOidI had problems with Firefox on Youtube, where the page would simply stall and need a refresh to work again. Turned out it was the ad-blocker I was using, µBlock Origin. I changed for another and the problem got away. Maybe this Twitch problem with Firefox may be related to a add-on people are using.

The combination works fine for me.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: ochitaNew user here, when i was filling out the pc specs i was wondering why we dont just have the user copy paste the steam provided system info and then have a few questions you have to provide yourself like the gamepad and main gaming machine question.

I would need to write a parser for it and it wouldn't save much time at all. It takes the same time to fill a few boxes as it does to open Steam, go to settings and get the system info to then paste it in. Just not worth the effort really.

They offer it in JSON nowadays, though...

They do, but the JSON part doesn't even contain the CPU model!?!

(Removed the quote, you know where to find it. Steam takes some seconds to build it, though.)

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This might be the only game I played decades after release that was a very... interesting experience. Do get it. It's special.

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Somebody at the Steam announcement mentioned that 35 people seems quite a big team for an indie game...

Hope all the best for them!

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Quoting: GuestFor some things, but not others. Installation of software, modification of boot processes, unrestricted access to protected memory areas, all things that are an order of magnitude worse.
It's not so much as being closed/open source as it is what the software is intended to do. Drivers from nvidia vs a rootkit designed to spy on the user and report back in a possibly insecure manner? World of difference.

Yeah, I'm aware, but what would the malicious software actually do with all its rights?
(Because, "It's not so much as being closed/open source as it is what the software is intended to do." ;) ) It can access all my data, my mails, my letters, my pictures, my financial data, my browser's data (including banking and stuff(*)) all fine with user rights, right? It can encrypt and or post them...
Putting itself into the boot sector is a different thing, ok, but then, I'm not reinstalling as often as every decade...

(*) not totally sure about this

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Quoting: GuestYou seriously shouldn't trust a kernel module for anti-cheat. The rootkits of old were universally criticised for good reason.

For average users, running games and all their stuff under their account and not sand boxed, I feel the difference between running closed source stuff as user or as root would be small though.

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Quoting: hardpenguin

Quoting: MayeulC(...)

Congratulations! You get a "This User Is Actively Caring About Security And Privacy And Yet Nobody Cares" golden medal award!

Please compare MayeulC's and your latest posts for constructiveness. I got a favourite.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI mean, they can't really stop unofficial clones even if they wanted to, it's an open platform. Anyone in an appropriate industry could make a tiny PC with a controller running some kind of Linux with Steam preinstalled. But nobody not expecting to profit from the game sales could match Valve's price point, I would think, so I'd expect anyone doing it wouldn't get nearly as big results. Just seems likely to be a kind of marginal phenomenon.

I'm not sure about the "Steam preinstalled" part - which would be important - without Valve's agreement. But as they did agree...

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIf Valve doesn't allow other companies from around the world to make official clones, this will be a megafail.

I don't see how that works. What do they get from official clones?

Obviously, Valve would get people buying games on Steam.
I don't see though how not having that would make Steam Deck a fail.

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIf Valve doesn't allow other companies from around the world to make official clones, this will be a megafail.

You mean, like PlayStation and Xbox?
Why?
People obviously want it. If I'd sell something and meet such an interest, I'd be happy.

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