Bought it before release and preloaded it two days ago. Will try it tonight. Have been looking forward to this game for months.

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Nice, I just tried 4 minutes of fallout shelter, because it is whitelisted(and free) and it seems to work nicely on my computer.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: KetilIs it bad for their wishlist stats if I keep it in wishlist until it is a bit more mature?

Don't quite understand what you mean? Wishlist it for as long as you like.

I was thinking that wishlisting forever without buying could potentially be bad for Linux as it might cause expectation that isn't fulfilled later on. There is a big difference between wishlisting for a few months, and a few years, however, and I don't really know where I should draw the line.

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Is it bad for their wishlist stats if I keep it in wishlist until it is a bit more mature?

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Quoting: Kuromi

Quoting: Ketilwindows python script (uses a windows only library, but works in wine) can extract the key, and a calibre plugin from dedrm_tools can use the key to remove drm from downloaded books, and then add it to your calibre library.

Yes, i tried it (in VirtualBox) but thing is that to use DeDRM you need to use OLD ADE with OLD encryption scheme. And not all sellers allows of use of that old scheme, Google seems to forbid it, so Old ADE just refused to download anything.

Fortunately i didnt purchased a lot in bulk on first purchase, so it was easier to say "Fck it" and purchase 100% non-drm version elsewhere. Yes, its little lazy, but i needed those books anyway.

Interesting thing is that it seem seller i used to get DRM-fee version is same which provided content for these titles on Google Play in first place, but in their store they have DRM on very few titles, which means its not their choice.

Still i had enough headache with it, to be waaay more careful now.

I check smashwords first since they are 100% DRM free. My favourite author publishes there, so it is easy to support them.

If Smashwords don't have a book I want, I check kobo as I have a kobo branded e-reader. Kobo has a lot of drm-free books in the fictional categories. The coursebooks on kobo tend to have adobe DRM though.

The last store I check is kindle store. I really hate that Amazon use proprietary formats on their books, and I rather support the stores using pdf/epub if I can. Price is important though, if Kindle is a lot cheaper, then I will consider it.

Unfortunately both kobo and smashwords are quite horrible for finding good books if you don't know the title or the author. E.g. if you want to find something new to read and don't know what you want.

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Quoting: KuromiI cam only support them in their efforts, because DRM may look "fine" until you RAM your face in it and then it feels like stone wall of ignorance to customers.

Thats my story - just some time ago i needed some ebooks of specific matter which i, unexpectedly, found to be sold in Google Play. I haven't read carefully, gone, purchased my stuff and...WTF, instead of simply downloading my epubs and pdfs i got strange file which i was supposed to open in Adobe Collections app or something.
And that is most funny is this app is absolutely dont work on Linux - its not supported officially, its not working in wine too and in the end you have to also either create account on Adobe to ever access your stuff, at least WHILE both adobe and ebook seller supports this scheme or download books in way that they will be open-able only locally.

I was so freaking pissed off. Oh yes, you can use Google's android app to view book too, but it kinda sucks too.

OFC after some time i found same stuff in another store, reasonably priced and drm-free and got it here. NEVER EVER going to purchase books on Google Play (albeit i do rent movies sometimes here, usually on promo deals).

And MOST awful thing that there was times when Google play had no DRM for ebooks or it was optional, but at some moment they went hardcore and made it mandatory for all past and future purchases.

One more case is Google press service - at some moment they disable viewing press in non-chrome browsers "because of copy protection", so you out of luck by not using their own browser.

Adobe digital editions 2.0.1 works in wine, a windows python script (uses a windows only library, but works in wine) can extract the key, and a calibre plugin from dedrm_tools can use the key to remove drm from downloaded books, and then add it to your calibre library. I definitely prefer to buy DRM-free, but the plugin makes it bearable. Search for apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools on github.

It is sad when DRM means you have to remove it, before you can use a product you paid for.

*EDIT: It is possible I am wrong about which version of digital editions that works. I double checked, and I cannot find it installed in any of the likely wine bottles on my computer. I know I have managed to install and run one of the older versions though.

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Will it warn you about games not on the whitelist if you enable it for all titles? I expect to enable it for some not whitelisted games, but that doesn't mean I want it to list all windows games.

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Quoting: kalinYou are not serious right ? While there is less then 1% linux gamers self respecting publisher never will put money and effort to do anything for linux. Especially when the community is full with outraged retards and haters that constantly make death threats, I still remember witcher 2. The issue with linux gaming is not the porting but the support. It doesn't make sense. For that reason just be thankful to Valve for supporting us even when it doesn't make sense, even when people preferred gog for some reason.

For small studios who cannot reuse the effort on a larger scale, it might not make sense financially, but Valve is big enough that even 1% of their users make them a lot of money. Their work isn't restricted to a few games in a limited set of genres, but to a lot of games in all genres, so even if the cost is high, it will pay for itself if enough Linux users buy more games from steam as a result of it.

Will it pay for itself? Time will tell. I can only speak for myself, but I am sure I will buy more windows games if this works well. I also suspect some developers might will consider supporting Linux officially through steam play as well.

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Quoting: kingofrodeoThey don't list Linux as a platform on Steam?
Really liked Human Resource Machine

Looks like they just forgot linux in the requirement. The developer says [External Link] it will be out at the same time as win/mac, humble provide both steam key and drm free.

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I have no issue on ubuntu 18.04 and nvidia when launching through steam

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