Quoting: tonRFYI: Some of my friends worked/working in cyber cafe. That's why I know some 'stories'.

Thanks for sharing, and for being our East Asia correspondent in general. :)

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Quoting: tonRSome CC using harddrive-less computer, boot via LAN. (I don't know how to explained it correctly)

It is correct. The technology is called PXE.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_booting [External Link]

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Quoting: dubigrasuBelieve me or not...I have no idea what those loot boxes (that everybody hates) are.

Lucky you...!

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I've got a birthday cake on my profile. :-D Four years of GoL! I like, Liam!

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Quoting: moolnHas someone had luck with this game on Debian 9?

Yes.I didn't find time to play the game, but I was able to run the benchmark with the 390 driver. I think it was from sid, but it's in stretch-backports now.

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Quoting: dubigrasu

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoThey came from here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/ubuntu_1804_official_support_and_things_that_are_nice_to_know [External Link]

K, I imagined some starting point for this, but the amount of them is mind boggling :O

So, they should be interested in Linux when they read this GoG thread...

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Quoting: ShmerlThe difference is more clarity. Physical goods have an instance to which you can apply common use cases such as first sale doctrine and the like. Digital case is more complicated and way less consistent. And various owners try to get away with messing up the rights of the user.

The difference is they are trying to get away with it? Well... *shrug*

Back to real life: We are able to copy and run a part of the games from Steam. Noone will ever find out. (If somebody would, I'd be ready to take on the fight, but this is not real life again.)

So, Steam is offering DRM, some of the games are using it (I got no idea of a percentage), others are not.
Steam is not DRM, it offers DRM.

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: EikeThe makers don't want to you to, try to disallow it, but it's allowed by law in many countries.

Sane countries should allow breaking DRM too. That doesn't make such stores DRM-free.

You didn't show a difference to the paperback. Because there isn't any.
Disallowing copying is what every paperback does, just like the Steam store does.
And for many games, that's all what the Steam store does.
No digital rights-management (for those).
(The attempt of) juridical rights-management isn't digital.

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: EikeIMHO, that describes exactly the situation of DRM free games on Steam.

They are trying to take that away too. Exactly the difference with DRM-free stores that makes Steam not DRM-free :)

They (paperback makers) are trying to take that away, too. No difference.

The makers don't want to you to, try to disallow it, but it's allowed by law in many countries.
Neither the paperbacks (obviously) nor DRM free games on Steam use digital means to prevent it.

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Quoting: ShmerlYou are allowed, for your personal backup. It's called fair use. DRM takes that away.

IMHO, that describes exactly the situation of DRM free games on Steam.

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