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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At first read of the title, I thought they'd be giving away free keys to run Ubuntu 18.04. :D

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Quoting: m0nt3Mid game DLC of Tyranny was frustrating, as I would have to go back and start a new file for it i believe because I progressed to far into the story. Hopefully that wont be the case for PoE 2. Which I am very excited about. Really enjoyed the first one.

Are Tyranny's DLCs worth getting together with the main game?

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Quoting: Purple Library GuySo like, it's easier to think "2 teaspoons" than "howeverthefuckmany ml", and so to this day cooking is dominated by imperial measures.

The teaspoon is equal to 1 fluid dram (or drachm) and thus ​1⁄4 of a tablespoon or ​1⁄8 of a fluid ounce.
Well, I didn't know this exists.
Our recipes go with "2 teaspoons" as well, but that's just "what approx. fits in two of your local teaspoons". :)

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This looks interesting, and it's out now!
Anybody already tried it?

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Quoting: RedjeBut on the other hand people who use Linux change their distro more often.
Maybe change the drop-off for distro's to like 1 year or 6 months perhaps?

Never done that in 20 years. :-)

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Quoting: g000hOff Topic:

One thing I have been doing and intending to do more of, in the future - When installing the Linux distro, I use LVM to chop the file-system up into separate volumes, and I set up the home directory on its own volume, and I also leave free space in the Volume Group, for adding more Logical Volumes later.

By doing this, I can add multiple distros onto the same machine, with each one potentially using the same Swap volume and Home directory volume.

I'm not sure this is a good plan. Lots of appliction configurations lie in the home directory somewhere. While applications should be able to cope when you're changing to a newer version, accessing them from a distro with an older version may lead to trouble.

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Other people are discussion HL3 when getting this news, we're talking about DRM... :-/

I like it Valve's getting into making games again. I don't expect HL3 to be ever made. It couldn't ever live up to the expectations. Portal 3 would be nice, although Portal Stories: Mel was, difficulty-wise, better than I would ever expect of a Valve Portal. Let's see what they're coming up with. Something like Firewatch would make me happy as well.

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