Admin & sysadmin of a Warframe-focused Lemmy instance at https://dormi.zone.
Developer of a UI mod for Vivaldi Browser: https://github.com/HKayn/vivaldi-vh
Your statement “if you’re on Windows” is still wrong.
Additionally, the Heroic project is officially affiliated with GOG, so saying that they don’t care is also wrong.
Well-deserved shout-out for GOG. Its standalone installers make actually owning your games much more convenient than it would be on Steam.
Have you tried the Heroic Games Launcher? It’s currently the most advanced launcher for GOG games on Linux, even implementing support for some of GOG Galaxy’s online services. Additionally it’s officially affiliated with GOG, so you can “donate” to the project by purchasing games through the client.
How did you try to get The Thaumaturge to run? I found that I could run many games on my library without issue using the Heroic Games Launcher, which is arguably the premier Linux client for GOG games.
I don’t know how you can say that it’s not a competitor.
It’s because they’re hyperfixated on Linux, just like the majority of the Lemmy userbase.
In reality any x86-based handheld is potential competition for the Steam Deck.
What we should do is blame OP for deliberately choosing a title that makes it look worse than it is.
Don’t confuse their initiative for benevolence. At the end of the day it’s all still for their own benefit and their ecosystem.
The contributions to open source are still a nice side effect.
GOG exists and has managed to carve out a DRM-free niche for itself for more than 15 years now.
Who is against free games?
Damn, your machine must have been heavily locked down to be able to figure that out!
I would have bought it if it landed on GOG, like the original did.
Nobody on Linux puts such software in kernel space
Falcon Sensor is also being distributed for RHEL and Debian, and it caused issues there too.
https://www.neowin.net/news/crowdstrike-broke-debian-and-rocky-linux-months-ago-but-no-one-noticed/
The simple reason is that most people here already use Firefox, but not most people here are already vegan.
if (postTitle.contains(anyStreamingService)) postPiracyPropaganda();
You can use whatever license you want. You can even go ahead and write your own license from scratch.
You’d only have to worry about enforcing the license, especially when you include such unorthodox terms and conditions.
You should see what happens when someone posts news about Windows
Frostpunk 2 is also available DRM-free on GOG!
https://www.gog.com/en/game/frostpunk_2