Quoting: Cyba.Cowboy

Quoting: Linux_RocksCan they not call the original systems by their actual names due to copyright bullshit? If so, that's stupid on the part of the copyright holders. It's fair use, I'd say.

What do you mean? The games I am familiar with in this package are called the same thing they were called a bazillion years ago.

I meant the console and handheld system names themselves. They're listed as "Super," "Mega," "8-bit," "Portable," and "Gear." Not SNES, Mega Drive (Genesis), NES, Game Boy, or Game Gear.

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Can they not call the original systems by their actual names due to copyright bullshit? If so, that's stupid on the part of the copyright holders. It's fair use, I'd say.

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Cool, now finally release a FreeBSD version Google. lol

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Would running with a rifle be safer than running with scissors? 🤔

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: Linux_RocksStill not about to weep for Valve if they lose. lol

This is such a strange attitude to bring to a Linux forum. I don't get it.

I suppose if you only do native gaming, perhaps only buying on GOG and Itch, and so you don't benefit at all from Proton, and don't care about, or for, Valve as a company, that's a valid stance. Even then, you're overlooking the effects of groundswell they've created for Linux by shipping the Steam Deck and promising a Steam Machine, or pushing SteamOS. That groundswell is a big part of why indies still push out Linux builds, from which you benefit.

But I guess if you can overlook all that, AND you don't use Steam ever, then you won't care if Valve are forced to put ID verification in Steam?

But that's a lot of overlooking. And hardly a lol moment.

No, I don't care about Valve as a company. I don't care about any evil corporations. I use their service cause it's usually the best option on PC. Not outta some loyalty to them (for which there is none). I hate Microsoft, but I've still got an Xbox Series X and buy Play Anywhere titles. There's no loyalty to be had with any of them, even if you've got preferences still.

Just cause Valve does a lot for Linux doesn't mean that I owe them shit. I've already spent far more than I ever should've on Steam. The need for evil corporations to fund open source development is an unfortunate symptom of this primitive bourgeois society that we live in. Something that we just gotta deal with.

Furthermore, Valve and their support of Linux isn't just outta the goodness of Gaben's heart or something. It's cause it benefits them and their profits. (Along with them not wanting to bow to Microsoft.) We only just happen to benefit cause of it.

Then as far as ID verification in general is concerned, if the ruling classes want it, it's gonna happen. I think that it's bullshit too, but it's been 1984 for a while now. The irony being that the imperialist propagandists criticize(d) socialist countries for any surveillance.

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Still not about to weep for Valve if they lose. lol

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Quoting: tmtvl

Quoting: AsciiWolfSo you think that native Linux apps/games are inherently bad. Why bother with Linux and not just use Windows in that case?

Proprietary games using GNU/Linux APIs are bad. For example, Egosoft's X3 uses a GTK2 application to launch and GTK2 is no longer being updated (it's even been removed from the official Arch repositories). Because it's proprietary software the community can't just take it over and update it to use GTK3 or 4.

I suppose a better way to put it is that native GNU/Linux games aren't bad, they just need more machinery to keep working than games targetting the Windows APIs (although of course one could just set up a system with ancient versions of everything, I mean that's Debian's entire shtick).

But I like having 3 different versions of GTK and Python installed on my machine. It makes it look more haxxorz when I run updates through terminal and there's a million updates. :P

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More mods on Steam is always great. 🔥

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Not about to weep for Valve if they lose. lol

(Is there an echo in here? :P)

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