imho i do not have a problem with Valve's 30% cut just looking at the different download clients steam, Epic Games Launcher, GOG galaxy, EA origin/EA app imho Valve just has the better client but i still buy games on GOG

if Tim Sweeney wants more people to use the Epic Games Launcher they are going to need to spend money to improve the client a lot and the epic exclusive's just makes me not want to spend money on the Epic Games Launcher

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i know a way that can fix this problem but it may be easier said than done

1. mark any snap that has been uploaded by any one that is not part of the project team or Canonical as unofficial
2. all unofficial apps need to be checked to make shore the snap dose not contain malicious code
3. all snaps need to be randomly checked to make shore the snap dose not contain malicious code

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hi
if you are going to let AI systems steal copyrighted content then it is also OK for the ReactOS and wine teams to use leaked windows source code to build ReactOS and wine if they did that Microsoft will DMCA strike the projects faster that you can say Microsoft

the problems with GitHub copilot is 1. AI models getting trained on source code that is source available but not open source for example the windows research kernel

2. having a project on GitHub and not having the option not to let the AI models train on there project but who gets the final decision the project lead or is it like trying to change the license of a project where you need most of the contributors to agree to the license change

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let's hope the new driver will install properly when I try to install libnvidia-gl-535:i386 I get

 
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libnvidia-cfg1-535 libnvidia-decode-535 libnvidia-encode-535 libnvidia-extra-535 libnvidia-fbc1-535 nvidia-compute-utils-535 nvidia-dkms-535 nvidia-firmware-535-535.113.01
  nvidia-kernel-common-535 nvidia-kernel-source-535 nvidia-prime nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-535 screen-resolution-extra xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-535
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED
  libnvidia-gl-535 nvidia-driver-535
The following NEW packages will be installed
  libnvidia-gl-535:i386
0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 2 to remove and 8 not to upgrade.
Need to get 35.6 MB of archives.
After this operation, 324 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 

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hi does anyone know of an alternative to GOverlay or if there is a working fork of GOverlay

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hi this looks like a fun game

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hi let's hope that Valve has the backbone to tell this patent troll where to stick their patents and they make a steam controller 2 or they start making the steam controller 1

Quoting: GuestI think the time is over to think of MS as the pure evil in a company form.

NO M$ is pure evil in a company form why do you think you can not remove telemetry or disable auto updates without hacking the system this is getting into a rant about why I HATE !!! M$ embrace extend extinguish today's M$ is the same M$ as old pure evil

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Quoting: TheRiddickDo people really love Activation and Blizzard that much?

Quoting: F.Ultra

Quoting: dirkdierickxMS will gladly make these changes, but probably violate them before those 10 years are up. EU will fine MS, but as usual the fine(s) will be peanuts and MS will be happy to pay.

EU fines does not work the same as US fines, EU fines are increased until you comply.

shame, if that is true, they haven't ordered M$ to remove the telemetry spyware/pup (potentially unwanted program) from Windows and other software and most of my time gaming is done on GNU/Linux and I do not plan on downgrading to windows 10/12 for my mane windows install but I do have Windows 10 installed but I only have that for when I can not run software/games on my current install of Windows

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Quoting: Redhacker2

Quoting: legluondunetThe gap between today's consoles and working emulators is narrowing. We had never known an emulator that emulates a console still on sale. I don't think it's ethical to publicly release an emulator of a console that's still on sale, in my view, developers should at least wait for the end of life of a console. Nintendo is an innovative company and produces user-friendly games, switch emulators must be costing them a lot of money.

Emulators don't cost them anything. Anyone who pirates wasn't going to buy the game to begin with for the most part, nor were they going to buy the console.

To play legally, you both require an actual hackable switch's key and your own dumps from a hacked switch.

Also, Nintendo is one of the most anti-consumer companies to exist in the gaming industry right now.

"Anyone who pirates wasn't going to buy the game to begin with" That depends if the pirate is an ethical pirate one that downloads the game and plays it to see if it is worth buying and if it is a good game they buy it

IMHO the AAA game industry's actions make people pirate the games not having demos to test the game or the DRM being so S**t the pirates get the better experience or the cost of the games selling a digital game at the same price as a physical copy of the game or closing down the digital shops

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Teodosio1) This is why we should always ask for Native releases; Proton is just a fallback

And yet now every time someone does express interest in working on a native version, the masses now scream for them not to because we have Proton and native releases will forever suck/be a waste.

the problem with native Linux games is how well they get supported but a lot of the AAA games that have native Linux ports get little support or no support or are missing features or DLC

IMHO this is not a loss
games like this that have an in-game currency that you need to spend real money to get microtransactions or games that have loot boxes or as EA likes to call them surprise mechanics these games need to be banned

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