if someone wants to gift it to a friend, how is ti done? The problem is that it shows as in library of the friend because of the free weekend. Uninstall does not remove from library.

edit: I think I found a nice workaround. It is also on humble bundle.

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Yes I did not like this question right from when introduced. They should have been about the importance of wine usage and they do not do that right. The others questions are awesome.

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Quoting: tgurrwhile they run fine without the container solution.

It's funny how containers are said to be the cure to everything by adding yet another layer of complexity.

I completely agree. Meanwhile all the "compatibility issues" mentioned are completely distro-irelevant and are relevant with the evolution of linux and in some cases if you are just missing a library (which is also a really distro-irelevant thing). The whole distro-fragmentation thing has never been a real issue and the only problem with that is that it is misleading people.

The fact is that a proper executable will just work on linux using the host libraries no matter the version. If you do not use the host libraries and you are trying "to be safe" then it will stop working in the future because these libraries will be incompatible with new libraries.

So the real solution should be to give a proper way to developers to develop and test the games using API that we just know it will never break no matter what changes underneath in the future.

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Quoting: NeverthelessMaybe limiting the scope of the executable software is not what Valve wants. Or did I understand you wrongly?

Saying "this is the right way to do it" does not limit executable software. It changes nothing about what is executable or not, it only informs about the right way so they will have the best support.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismThe USB ports are blue completely ruining the aesthetic.

I think usb3 is always blue.

Quoting: fleskYeah, why on earth did they choose Unity over something more lightweight, and with a more liberal license?

If they expect some kind of partnership it would actually make good sense. If they just choosing it because they think this is easier then it is a stupid choice and it is only because they do not know any better. I do not know which case it is, I would bet it is just a stupid choice just because this is what they know.

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Quoting: ShmerlOnly HDMI output? That's a huge no go. At least they should use both DisplayPort and HDMI, if they think HDMI is so necessary.

Plenty of TV sets with no DP inputs, but all of them have HDMI. I doubt this is such a no-go for most of their target audience.

I agree that for a console that is supposed to be connected to a TV a HDMI currently is more important, yet I do not understand why is it so hard to also support the superior DP.

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Quoting: NeverthelessTo support Desktop Linux means wanting to support open gaming on a wide variety of hardware and drivers.

This is not such a big problem as you make it sound. One should just say "64bit only and an open source vulkan implementation"

If games are working good in these terms then old hardware, who cares, and all other drivers should just get good as it does work on an open source driver there is no real handicap for every other modern enough hardware.

For lightweight games you want to run on older hardware just support OGL3.

If you want to support even older hardware then why not make it all the way and support DOS or even old 8bit computers?

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My personal opinion is: Why is OGL4 a thing? Developers should either support OGL3 for light games, which is good because it supports a lot of hardware, or just support Vulkan.

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What puzzles me for many years, is why there is no "linux store" for user, __not system__, software. It is not like we really need all this software to be in the system, in which case the distro software manager needs to know about it. Why we need steam to do the obvious and even know there is not something like it. I do not even see anyone proposing it.

Instead we see overengineering solutions like snaps and flatpacks.

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about the DE.
a) KDE is not "bloated" and slow at least not the way many people think it is. I really think that should should be the main one. But it is not very reliable. There was a time for me that it was unusable from the bugs, and its behavior may vary from machine to machine. Also you have pretty big upgrades.
b) Xfce is not as light as many people think it is, but it is a very reliable and conservative. It is solid and very good for what it is needed it as an option.
c) I hate GNOME.

Quoting: CybolicI don't really care about which DE they end up keeping as main as I've been running i3 for quite some time and have recently switched to dwm. As long as no DE is a hard dependency, I'm fine with it.

I agree that DE should really not be a hard dependency for anyone. This can be really catastrophic. But the main DE is very important, it is the face of the distro.

What I'd like to see them focus on is compatibility and stability as the last couple of times I've tried Manjaro, it has either failed to install or locked up on boot. I'm sure it's related to my MSI motherboard not playing nice, so not directly their fault, but plain arch and Antergos (R.I.P.) never failed on me.

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