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Latest Comments by Shmerl
With some epic 8-bit styled artwork Cyber Shadow is out now
26 Jan 2021 at 6:54 pm UTC Likes: 2

Looks pretty old school hardcore and it has a GOG release!

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut announced and will support Linux
21 Jan 2021 at 7:26 pm UTC Likes: 1

Yeah, I was going to ask the same thing. Is it coming out on GOG too?

Steamworks gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, here's what Irdeto say about Linux support
20 Jan 2021 at 3:06 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ShinyaOsenHavent heard of these places before and didnt know tidal sold music every time i went or was sent to their site i only ever saw their streaming service.
Yeah, on Tidal it's a bit obscure, but you can actually buy DRM-free FLAC there.

Steamworks gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, here's what Irdeto say about Linux support
20 Jan 2021 at 3:01 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: elmapulvalve did an talk about this topic, you should take a look at it.
Well, I will when they'll develop a server side AI like I described above. Until then, I have no interest in client side rootkits whatsoever. I don't buy the argument that it's the right way to address this problem.

Steamworks gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, here's what Irdeto say about Linux support
20 Jan 2021 at 1:28 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: elmapulby perfect i mean "good enough", hackers will always find an way to break the anti cheat protection, its runing on your machine after all so you are in control.
I meant good enough to make the game enjoyable. If someone "breaks" it in a way that doesn't ruin the game, why should anyone care? AI on the server side can be gradually improved to catch robotic or unnatural behavior of cheaters. That's more than enough for it. But AI needs investment and a lot of work to get right. Making a rootkit on the client side is an easier no brainer and unscrupulous companies obviously choose that. I don't see any excuse for that besides basic greed.

Steamworks gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, here's what Irdeto say about Linux support
19 Jan 2021 at 11:45 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: ShinyaOsen
Quoting: Zlopezat least there are legal options for games, not like for movies or music
I always forget how hard it can be to get DRM free music im so used to buying from bandcamp and japan and my dad buys classical music. Japan still has a CD market and have multiple DRM free digital stores some times you do need to vpn to be able to buy the music. Movie on the other had ya good luck trying to get a DRM free version in good quality legaly since Bluray's DRM hasnt been fully cracked like DVD.
I thought DRM-free music situation isn't bad. There are a number of good stores where you can get even DRM-free FLAC:

* https://bandcamp.com [External Link]
* https://us.7digital.com [External Link]
* https://uk.7digital.com [External Link]
* https://www.junodownload.com [External Link]
* https://store.tidal.com [External Link]
* https://www.prestomusic.com [External Link]
* https://www.prostudiomasters.com [External Link]
* https://www.hdtracks.com [External Link]
* https://www.jamendo.com [External Link]

What we expect to come from Valve to help Linux gaming in 2021
19 Jan 2021 at 9:31 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library GuyBefore Valve got involved, the number of such games, or even the somewhat-smaller-but-not-tiny-indie which are still fairly plentiful right now, on Linux was zero, zilch, nada, fuggedaboutit.
Just to give credit where it's due, before Valve got involved, Humble Bundle managed to push for a number of interesting DRM-free Linux releases, and I think it got a good impact on boosting the interest in Linux gaming in general before heavyweights got involved.

Steamworks gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, here's what Irdeto say about Linux support
19 Jan 2021 at 8:22 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: elmapulthere is no perfect solution for anti cheat.
That's why you don't need a perfect one. You need one that's good enough. And it should never be a privacy and security horror rootkit running on the client side.

Steamworks gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, here's what Irdeto say about Linux support
19 Jan 2021 at 8:12 pm UTC Likes: 8

Quoting: elmapulaccording to then, they would stop it, if valve reduces their cut to 12%, wich didnt happened
Well, I don't buy the argument of using anti-competitive methods by those who claim they are advancing competition. It's bunk.

Steamworks gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, here's what Irdeto say about Linux support
19 Jan 2021 at 8:03 pm UTC Likes: 8

Quoting: elmapulepic games "fighting against exclusivity" and monopolization of pc games.
That's a strange one, given Epic are signing exclusive contracts. They are on the wrong side of things.