Quoting: Doc Angelo

Quoting: tuubiSure you can. Just tick the "Give this game as a gift" checkbox when you buy it.

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So the mail address doesn't have to be one from a Itch customer and it is literally a code that everyone can redeem on Itch?

When you buy a gift, Itch.io sends a unique download link to the recipient's address, with an optional message from you. No codes involved, just a unique download URL. They can claim the game for their Itch.io account at any time, but only if they want to.

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Quoting: Doc AngeloHm... can you buy games again if you already have them in your library? If I want to buy it as a gift again, can I send the code to myself and send the code to whoever wants it? I would buy this bundle for $5 and then try out a lot of the games, and if a game is good, I'd like to honor the quality with a little bit of additional money.

Sure you can. Just tick the "Give this game as a gift" checkbox when you buy it.

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Quoting: ageresIn order to add a game I must find it first somewhere on 25 pages of listed games without an ability to sort them or to search by title name or even to jump onto a specific page.

To search the list, you can log in to Itch.io in a proper browser and open your personal download page there, and then you can search with the usual ctrl+f. A page at a time, sadly, but better than nothing.

I'm sure Itch.io came up with this new system with some urgency to facilitate such a huge bundle at a short notice, and they must be fully aware that the implementation is rudimentary. I'm sure their next gigantic charity bundle will have a smoother execution.

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Quoting: randyl

Quoting: tuubiNice one. Bought.

I like that it doesn't all just appear in my library, but I get to pick and choose. I'm not likely to ever play or use much of the content in the bundle.

If they don't show up in the library how do you know which titles you can pick out of the bundle?

You get access to a download page where you can pick titles to add to your library. It's a bit awkward, but it does the job. And you can pick everything or nothing, it's up to you.

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Nice one. Bought.

I like that it doesn't all just appear in my library, but I get to pick and choose. I'm not likely to ever play or use much of the content in the bundle.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandle

Quoting: gradyvuckovicBlender, the chad open source software.

This is the second time in a week I'm seeing someone on here using MRA/incel terminology. What the heck is going on?

Hey, male insecurity is a serious problem and shouldn't be belittled.

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Quoting: CatKillerWhat I do care about, though, is people wasting our time and energy on cannibalism, which harms our chances of achieving our objectives as Linux gamers. There's plenty of reality-based discussion to be had about the challenges we face as a community. We don't need to make up more.

Hey, what did you expect from a bunch of Linux enthusiasts? Of course we've all got our priorities, but you'll always see a backlash when a company does something that can in any conceivable way be seen as against the spirit of software freedom. Any signs of vendor lockdown will not go down smoothly.

It would be nice if there was less knee-jerk involved, but that's the nature of conversations on the Internet. Of course, I don't think Linux is at a particular disadvantage here. People argue about software choices regardless of platform.

Also, what was that about wasting time? Isn't this a gaming website? :D

Quoting: CatKillerAs a concrete example, Phoronix has some useful stuff, but you can't send people there in case they accidentally read the comments. I don't want gamingonlinux to be like Phoronix. I'd rather Phoronix wasn't like Phoronix, too.

Phoronix comment threads tend to quickly descend into crap slinging matches. It's just not worth wading through the festering muck for the rare pearl.

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Quoting: CatKillerYou're right, of course. "a backdoor by connecting your computer to the Ubuntu Store," "back-room shenanigans [between] Canonical and Microsoft," and "filthy bloatware" represent exactly the calm and objective assessment, entirely on the merits, of a new packaging format. That's sure to have people lining up to join our community and have companies taking us seriously.

Just pointing out that your dismissive tone towards a bunch of fellow Linux users was not helpful. And if you want to convince them that snaps are a good thing, I don't think sarcasm will go very far either. Linux users tend to be passionate about the software they use, and mocking them for differing opinions (fact-based or not) is surely more divisive to the community than a few competing software projects are to the Linux ecosystem.

I guess I'm coming off a bit patronising now, so I'll just shut up.

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"You're not fans of a thing I like so you must be ignorant and get all your info on social media." With such a confrontative attitude, I'm sure you feel right at home on Reddit and YouTube.

Please accept that snap does not enjoy the kind of support from the greater Linux community that other controversial projects like systemd (or directly competing projects like flatpak) do. It's very much a Canonical project, and they seem to want to keep it that way. I personally don't mind at all that snaps exist as an option, but I simultaneously don't see why I should mind that Mint is not jumping on that particular train at this point.

Regardless of how useful container tech can be in many areas of computing, there are valid reasons why perfectly sane and knowledgeable people might not be enthusiastic about a particular use case or implementation. And many of those people have embraced projects like systemd, simply because they're useful to them in some tangible way. I'd claim to be one of those people, but I don't think I'm qualified to assess my own sanity.

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As a Mint user, I'm perfectly fine with this.

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