Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoDo you have an script or a program for create GOL affiliate links from a gog game link?
example: I put https://www.gog.com/game/cyberpunk_2077 [External Link] into the program and the address is converted to https://af.gog.com/game/cyberpunk_2077?as=1636858786 [External Link]

We have a small bit of JS that does it for us that I wrote.

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Quoting: NezchanIt's also on Itch:

https://slitherpunk.itch.io/sewer-rave [External Link]

Thanks, added.

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Quoting: PublicNuisanceIt's also available on Itch.io for those that prefer that.

https://nartier.itch.io/wrought-flesh [External Link]

Thanks, added.

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Quoting: CSharpAnd not even FOSS enthusiasts are raving about it. Yes, they're selling, but they're not turning heads.

Don't know why you keep on at this. Like I said, it's nothing to do with mainstream and it's not their target. You are, however, proving my point. Simply targeting the existing market isn't enough.

Quoting: CSharpNo, Google knew what they wanted to offer...*snip*

If you think downplaying that Google, one of the biggest companies on the planet isn't responsible for selling products based on the fact that they're one of the biggest you're mad. Names sell, it's true of everything.

I'm also not arguing for plain Linux. Look at System76 as an example, they're heavily investing into Pop to make it appeal to more people, and it's clearly working for them. They're constantly growing and expanding, because they're not just trying to pull in Linux fans.

Quoting: CSharpPeople don't buy Chromebooks because of the brand recognition, Google advertises the fact that they boot fast, have a long battery life and have an immutable root filesystem. I don't think any Linux enthusiast would be thrilled about the latter.

Again, you're just helping my point here. They're not targetting plain Linux users. You said this that Linux "tries to cater to the mainstream too much", I say very clearly: not enough, not even close...yet. Work is being done towards it but it's not enough.

Quoting: CSharpThe Raspberry Pi was not a big name

No, but again, they appealed to a much more mainstream audience and not normal Linux users.

Honestly, I'm just repeating myself. Bigger names doing Linux and appealing to the mainstream. It's not enough to make Plasma or GNOME good, there needs to be the devices out there for people to buy easily and recognisable. I won't personally debate it any further, as I will just end up repeating myself again and again ;)

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Quoting: CSharpThere's no way in hell a Pinephone would outsell the iPhone at a regular retailer, even considering you can buy half a dozen Pinephones for the price of an iPhone. The moment that people realize that it lags when scrolling and has a hard time playing a Youtube video, they're out.

Pinephone is ridiculously far from being a mainstream device. Their target market is pretty clear: Linux users and FOSS fans. Comparing them to an iphone is a bit ridiculous.

Quoting: CSharpI get your point that the Hardware not being in their faces doesn't expose them to it. But I'd argue the Steam Deck and the Raspberry are the only competitive products we got in the ring (hardware-wise). And I can buy Raspberries at normal electronics stores and the Deck has huge hype behind it.

Both of those help to prove my point. Raspberry Pi is well-known and the official OS is Linux. Steam Deck is already well known, will likely sell well and runs Linux.

As for previous points:

Quoting: CSharpGoogle has successfully mainstreamed Linux twice. Because they know that what the Linux desktop user wants is not what the average user wants.

Because they're:

A) Google, well known.
B) Sold everywhere.

Literally everything goes back to the same thing: bigger names putting them in front of people, the point of the article.

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Quoting: CSharpI have to disagree with the sentiment though. I think the bigger issue Linux has is that it tries to cater to the mainstream too much. Most people I talk with would not buy a laptop with Linux even if I glued it to their faces.

There is no alternative. You cannot keep appealing to the same set of users, that isn't big enough to grow and attract more vendors.

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I think people are getting sidetracked here due to their own beliefs on what should happen. The reality is, IMO, as the article is just trying to convey - is that the masses / mainstream won't pick it up, if they can't see it to buy it. We need the bigger vendors jumping in. Valve is, and it's a fantastic start. I'm calling it the start, as we don't talk about Steam Machines :P

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Quoting: toorI remember when netbooks (those small computers) started being a thing

...heavily underpowered devices that couldn't really run all that much. I remember, I had multiple of them. I don't think the experience of those devices over 10 years ago has any real relevance on what happens in 2022+. As long as vendors don't repeat the mistakes of putting it on only super low-end devices.

Edit: added a link from TUXEDO that claim otherwise about being known outside Linux circles.

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It's now fixed.

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Quoting: axredneck

All Unix libraries converted to the syscall-based interface

What does it make better? Performance? Quality of code? Something else?

Since they don't link the highlighted features to patches and documentation discussing the changes, finding all the intricate details on such Wine things is annoyingly difficult.

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