Added some Steam links now Steam is back up, separate links where one store has a better discount.

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Quoting: Luke_NukemSomething that pisses me off about the patent case is this: it's left to the underfunded Gnome org, and kind donations, to fight this off.

Red Hat, Ubuntu, SuSE etc, they all use Linux, and in the case of the first two they actually depend on Gnome for the desktop. Why are these big three not chipping in to fight?

Debian just did https://bits.debian.org/2019/10/debian-donates-support-gnome-patent-defense.html [External Link]

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Update: They actually just put a patch out in Beta [External Link] to fix some of the issues. Great to see it so quick.

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Quoting: SalvatosDid the Gnome people actually post the relevant patent and claim anywhere? Not that I don’t trust them per se, but out of principle I would like to see the documents before I consider donating to their lawsuit.

Here: https://insight.rpxcorp.com/litigation_documents/13472237 [External Link]

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Quoting: NezchanAnd to no one's surprise, Obsidian's first game since getting acquired by Windows...does not support Linux, despite being made in the Unreal engine. Shocking, I know.

I don't see it having anything to do with it. The previous games were crowdfunded with Linux as a platform, this was with the publisher Private Division.

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Quoting: Liam DaweFor example, right now there's currently around 125 people who haven't updated since 2017 and we only keep people in the statistics if they've updated within two years after that they're wiped for privacy.

It actually makes sense not only due to privacy, but because stale data becomes obsolete. It makes sense to purge it if it's not updated, or at least ignore for current values. I.e. in reality those users could have changed their hardware several times already, while their profile if not purged, would still reflect their setup years ago, messing up aggregated values and trends.

Yes, that is mentioned directly in the article. I was just making a point in this case about the privacy side of it too.

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I've adjusted the display code, to actually tell you right in the article if you are included currently or not. Hopefully that will make it simpler with much shorter text.

Also added a link to the statistic page on users profiles, below their PC info to hopefully make it even easier to find the page and perhaps pull a few more people in who see it :)

It also has a note in our rotating announcement bar at the top of the website. It can be dismissed by users just like the mailing list bar, hopefully again this will bring a little more attention to it!

On top of that, the Statistics Page will also now tell you when you're logged in if you're set to not be included.

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Quoting: ShmerlI've noticed the total number of GOL users has been dropping for a while, month after month. Less people are using "Click here to continue to be included"?

A lot of people don't seem to bother updating their details after setting it initially.

For example, right now there's currently around 125 people who haven't updated since 2017 and we only keep people in the statistics if they've updated within two years after that they're wiped for privacy.

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Quoting: TazzaWhat's next? Celebrating all the banks for running Linux servers on their backends? Thought not.

That's pretty ridiculous, as it has nothing to do with Linux gaming. This does, quite clearly.

Quoting: TazzaNone of this will do *anything* for Linux gaming.

Depends on your point of view, it's yet another way to play games without needing Windows. Regardless of how certain people feel about the nature of cloud gaming, it's an option.

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Quoting: jrtI think the PC info should include if you use a VR headset under GNU/Linux and the model, just like with the gamepad.

Done, added.

If you want more options let me know and I will add them in.

Also updated the code so the bit that automatically displays your own personal details in this article is now shared with the profile displaying, hooray for no code duplication and making it easier for me to expand it.

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