(Me reading then news)

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Quoting: gojulThis distro is based on Arch. Isn't it risky for gaming ?

I've been gaming on Arch for like 6 years, rolling release "risky" is mostly a myth.

40% of the gamers here prefer to game on Arch

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/users/statistics

Meanwhile non-rolling distros occupy less linux-gamer-share.

So there you have it my two cents on it.

Edit: Used SteamOS a few years and loved it, the AUR has a lot of awesome content between Kodi, Retroarch, etc... I'm really glad someone is picking up the torch and making improvements, adding Value to to Valve products for gamers like Emulators, Chromium Browser (for Netflixers probably), etc... is perfect.

I'm so glad they decided to be based on Arch -- I wish other projects like Elementary would see the Enlightenment and ditch their awkward Ubuntu LTS octo-snap monster base for something more mainline.

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Quoting: 14I'm not surprised to see this news at all, however I'm actually a little disappointed. How can you continue to work with a company that controls all your assets and is unreachable? I don't get it.

As much as I agree, I think the difference boils down to which order each priority is numbered -- I think they [Re-Logic] (prioritize practicality over morality -- they probably REALLY wanted to give Google Stadia the finger for good, but already had a financial investment and didn't want to disappoint fans since they already announced intended support.

(Hopefully Re-Logic learned their lesson and as close to 0 of their infrastructure is hosted by Google)

On that note -- Google Stadia makes an EXCELLENT argument for why someone would want to purchase their games on GOG even before Steam -- an Always_On_Anything can ALWAYS go from BAD to WORSE. My trust in Steam is directly proportionate to Gabe Newells vitality -- what a chad legend, we need more like him.

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Quoting: GuestGentlemen you can't fight here ! This is a wargame thread !

I always love to see Dr Strangelove references in the wild :P Epic movie.

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If they want to charge a "convenience" fee like Ardour does for Mac/Win OS users buying binaries, they could and simply sell copies on Steam for $5-10/ea. He'll I'd even buy one just to make updates automatic.

The alternative is that gamers could "build their own copy from source". Most Mac & Windows users aren't gonna do that obviously.

Arguing that "open source" somehow prevents this is just naive & ignant.

Money may tear down some barriers & lower friction speeding up product production but it doesn't open every door and fix every problem.

If you want to help them cover costs or buy them some pizza, coffee or beer you can do so here:

https://play0ad.com/community/donate/ [External Link]

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Instabuy. It's really cool to se new games explore the Tried & True mechanics and concepts that were loved for generations.

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Fuck Google. Let them burn.

Long time user of Gmail (since beta 2004) and advocate of Google Services & Phones I recently closed out many Google Accounts. Very soon they are deleting accounts if you don't login for a period of time including the pictures, besides feeding your pictures to their AI to profile you besides stupid bullshit like what clearly happened here in this post.

If you want to leave Gmail, here's the way out. You will need to enable "Less Secure Apps" to enable `imapsync` access

https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps [External Link]

Download `imapsync` from your package manager as seen here:

https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync [External Link]

 
sudo imapsync --no-modulesversion --syncinternaldates \\n
--host1 imap.gmail.com --user1 '[email protected]' --password1 'PASSWORD_1' \\n
--host2 localhost --user2 'USERNAME2'  --password2 'PASSWORD_2'

In this example, using "localhost" you would be SSH'd to the email server for it to work. Alternatively LINE 3 could be updated to protonmail or another provider.

Additionally, create a full backup of your data

https://takeout.google.com [External Link]

Then delete your account or delete all data in your account (eg: wipe out everything in Thunderbird in "All Mail") -- if you need your account for "account recovery" of things on the internet for a while just leave it at 0% usage.

You can also self-host or purchase Cloud space with a App Suite that covers pretty much all the basics Google does -- using it the last few months IMO it does Files, Calendar, Webmail linkup, Documents/Spreadsheets, Password Management, Address Book, and apparantly does Talk which recently I learned using Materbridge can link into existing services like Discord (I haven't setup yet), the Video Calls seem to work okay User to User, etc...

https://nextcloud.com [External Link]

Good Luck @all and Fuck Google.

Edit: Also fuck Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & all the big guys. In the spirit of Email (serverA.com to serverB.com) https://mastodon.online [External Link] is growing as a kind of "Email" for Social Spheres to network. Other interesting projects are Pixelfed (Federated Instagram), Matrix/Element.io (IRC meets Discord), PeerTube (Federated YouTube [some servers allow NSFW, some do not in the main feed]), LBRY.tv / Odysee.com (YouTube alt using LBC crypto to reward content creators, Federated IIUC)

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Scumbags. My Faith In The System looses 1000 points with stories like these.

Of course, the copyright and patent systems have become systems of oppression and nothing more than more "Control".

It's just another example of a "good idea" of protecting inventers taken beyond too far going horribly horribly wrong.

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Weighing In.

Steam maintaining their market dominance is in MY best interest.

They Win? I Win. We All Win.

If devs want to sell for less on other platforms, Steam doesn't have to admit them access to ride Steam Train Party -- Choo Choo.

Steam's relationship with devs/publishers is PARTNER, and if they are doing things that jeopardize that PARTNERSHIP out of self-interest -- they are ENEMIES if not exploiting Steam being an ENABLER.

Lets level too -- this isn't about the little devs, but the big devs signing ANTI-CONSUMER agreements behind closed doors.

I'm 100% with Steam, FUCK DEVS who do this. GET THE BOOT AND GET THE FUCK OFF THE STEAM TRAIN CHOO CHOO BITCHES.

Edit: TL;DR: Steam is being ANTI-COMPETITIVE while other platforms are being ANTI-CONSUMER. As a consumer I'm fine with this.

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Quoting: Eike"Denuvo Anti-Cheat will not prohibit Linux users from accessing single-player and non-competitive multiplayer features of their games"

Ain't it great? It's anti-cheat - not anti-DRM! - and will not prohibit single player stuff!?!

Incredible, It's almost as if they understand Anti-Cheat should not necessarily be ANTI-CONSUMER too. Mind = Blown

I much prefer games that do it like Halo MCC where you literally are given the choice as consumer if you want to launch with anticheat disabled ( which I do so I can play on custom servers )

It's funny looking back, back in the 90s "cheats" used to be a "feature" you literally paid extra money for a players guide or game shark or whatever to get special new capabilities.

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