It's good that they are handling that lack of LFS issue.

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Quoting: TheRiddickPerhaps, but no matter how much you scream murder, DRM is here to stay unfortunately.

Same as other crooked practices in general. It doesn't mean we should give them a free pass. You paying for it, is essentially an endorsement.

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Quoting: TheRiddickSoftware DRM still minimises potential software sale loses

That's the point, it doesn't minimize anything of the sort. It's a hostile feature aimed at those who are paying already, and has zero effect on those who don't.

Quoting: TheRiddickI know there are some real bad examples of DRM implementation

DRM is bad by definition, not by implementation. There are just levels of bad, from evil to very evil ;)

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Quoting: GuestThere may be legitimate security and privacy requirements for some applications.

The difference between DRM and security can be subtle at the first glance, but it's essential. DRM aims to take away control from the user, so in essence it's a user hostile feature. Security aims to protect the user, and should be controlled by the user (completely opposite idea from DRM).

Not sure how it translates here into Vulkan usage, but it would depend on the way it's used. If it will be used to create inaccessible data for users in their own system (HDCP like lunacy) - that would be evil. If user will have control over it - it won't.

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Hm, yet another victim of the multiplayer.

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Steam only?

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Shield is ARM though, so good luck finding any ARM Linux games. You may be can run ScummVM and DosBox and some other emulators. Plus of course FOSS engine based games that can be built for ARM. Smach Z is x86_64, so there are tons of games already plus all the above. Plus Wine performance on ARM would be abysmal since it requires emulating the CPU (through Qemu). Which is not a problem on x86_64.

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Quoting: Doc AngeloWhy do you need Wayland for playing games on an Android mobile device?

Because I don't want Android, I want proper Linux and that means Wayland today.

Quoting: Doc AngeloWhy do you suggest that Linux would only run if all drivers are open?

Let's rephrase it - run sustainably. Closed blobs create a problem for the hardware because they depend on vendors support. As soon as vendors stop updating them - that hardware is stuck with outdated and dead version. Upstreamed drivers on the other hand tend to stick around for a very long time. So if you want a long term hardware - ensure it has open drivers first.

Paying huge amount of money for a device that will be stuck with an ancient kernel because there are no updates to the controller driver sounds like a very bad choice.

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https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/linux-player-standalone-x86-64-builds-with-resolution-window-enabled-crash-in-funlockfile [External Link]

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