Game no go on Linux due to suck
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If that happens in the future, you can just stop buying games from them. You still have everything you already bought
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Of course.
But why would I ever invest in their client then?
Here's another way of thinking about it.
Ever since steam came out, I've had zero DRM issues from PC games.
That means I had ONE more DRM issue on a Playstation game, than I did on a game bought from Steam (thank you UbiShit).
Why would I invest in a client from a, now, Steam wannabe, who gives me doubt that they'd be any better than Steam, when their originating mission was to be DRM-free, and I've never had a DRM issue from Steam.
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What are you investing? The 30 seconds it takes to download?
You don't even have to use the client.
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can't they just release their game in a docker container?
/s
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A bit more, currently 4005
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That sure is a lot of obscure indie titles
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It's a system with achievements, users, and social media.
Not all investments can be measured by money.
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Oh, fair enough.
IDGAF about all that, so it didn't even occur to me
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Steam contains a bunch of commonly used libraries as part of that, so you can guarantee that, for example, SDL is available on any platform your game is available on Steam from.
The coverage seems to differ, though. Linux Steam ships with Fontconfig/FreeType, Windows one doesn't. And it's kind of hidden in the Steamworks docs, I know I missed that this even exists.
Either way it's easier to guarantee you have everything you need just by shipping it with your thing, whether by static linking or launching with adjusted runtime path.
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Exactly, which is why I still buy on Steam.
Wat?
At some point in the future, GoG might give up their anti-DRM ideology and become just as bad as Steam.
Therefore fuck GoG, I'll just use Steam instead.
??
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But Steam isn't bad.
I mean, it's bad, but its' not bad because of DRM. That's one of the least bad things about it.
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I mean, it's bad, but its' not bad because of DRM. That's one of the least bad things about it.
If you can pick between DRM-free and DRM, wouldn't you pick DRM-free? Even if DRM is well executed?
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They are making a Steam-lite, without the promise that it will be DRM-free. There's an assumption, but without them putting that info closer to the front page, it creates doubt.
Not sure where you're getting that there's no promise it will be DRM-free. It's always been in their core marketing, that's one of their biggest advantages over Steam. The client page has 'fully optional' and 'DRM-free' in large, friendly letters.
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If the DRM-free service doesn't have Skyrim, I'd run not walk back to the DRM one.
All else being equal, yes, I'd prefer no DRM.
BTW it's not like Steam requires you to add DRM.
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Sorry, first impressions, didn't bother going to the client page.
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If the DRM-free service doesn't have Skyrim, I'd run not walk back to the DRM one.
All else being equal, yes, I'd prefer no DRM.
When I have a DRM issue with Steam that isn't forewarned by a Negative score in reviews...
[implied] I'll have a reason to worry about Steam DRM [\implied]
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The link on the front page says 'optional', too.
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@xaade said:
Exactly, which is why I still buy on Steam.
Wat?
At some point in the future, GoG might give up their anti-DRM ideology and become just as bad as Steam.
Therefore fuck GoG, I'll just use Steam instead.
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Steam isn't bad.
That's my point.
I haven't had a problem with Steam, and now the competitor says, "We aren't enough like steam"...
I'm not saying I'll just use Steam instead. I'm saying, I don't have a reason not to use Steam.
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When I have a DRM issue with Steam that isn't forewarned by a Negative score in reviews...
You wanna maybe finish that sentence?
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But my ArchLinux install!
Ever heard you can keep a mainstream distro in a chroot?
Also, fuck Arch. And while we are at it, fuck Slackware and Gentoo, too.
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I completely forgot about all the Flappy Bird clones.
I didn't realize there was 3,695 Flappy Bird clones. Must be an awesome game to be cloned that much.
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YMBN to the world.
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Yes GNU/Linux is still a tiny target as a gaming platform. So I can see how they don't want to support that.
On the other hand I've recently tested then bought Factorio and had no trouble getting it to run on my GNU/Linux bastard. It was a simple
tar xf *; **/bin/**;recipe to run it, no installer to botch things, no readme to read. I only bought the game because they provided a demo and Linux binaries, so I knew it would work.Oh and what is DRM?
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Did I need to put a
there?Arch is nice. Pacman is literally the best package manager. Fuck Gentoo though, too much work
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Yeah the best software products are confusingly named after other far more popular software products of an entirely different type.
#WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU NAME SOMETHING THAT ISN'T PAC-MAN PACMAN!!!
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PACkage MANager, see also fun pun with PAC(k) MAN (as in a guy you puts things (read: software) into a package).
Because typing
pacman archinto google is just too much :effort:
And if you want to get real fun, you don't even have to use pacman, you can just hook into libalpm so even blakey can't get mad that it doesn't have an API.
#SEE BLAKEY IT ISN'T EVEN TECHNICALLY PACMAN ANYMORE IT'S LIBALPM
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If it's not called pacman, why do you keep calling it pacman?
I have two theories:
- You are the dumbest motherfucker on Earth
- Your post just now about it not being called "pacman" is a flat-out blatant lie
Neither is very complimentary, I'm afraid.
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Well I presented two theories, so it's likely one is wrong. Then again, they aren't mutually-exclusive so he could simultaneously be the dumbest motherfucker on Earth and also a liar.
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@boomzilla said:
Your
Post can't be empty
You do know he's doing that deliberately, right?
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Boomzilla?
? No. Never.
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I'm here all week ;)
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Are you sure about that? The forum's going down on Saturday.
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So long as it says
what.thedailywtf.com, it's the same place ;)
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TIL 8.8.8.8 == 127.0.0.1
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Linux: When Windows just isn't enough of a moving target.
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@hifi said:
On somewhat related note, I've seen Windows PCs sold with 32-bit edition a few years back which had 4 GB of RAM and only 3 GB available on boot. Given the same key works for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows, I don't know what the manufacturer was trying to save there.
My experience has been that some older software won't run on 64 bit Windows but will on 32. Particularly industrial automation software which is incredibly expensive to upgrade, if it supports newer OS's at all.
A lot of these use custom 16-bit communications / COM port drivers that someone wrote 25 years ago. But hey, that's what VMs are for. Now if we could only get rid of the stupid LPT dongles...
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I thought there was already a solution for people who insist on playing games in Linux?
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There are at least 831 games at the playstore
where name like 'Flappy %'The most downloaded are:
Flappy Nyan, Flappy Crush, Flappy Golf, Flappy Fins
Flappy Cupid, Flappy Rainbow 10 in 1, FLAPPY MERMAID
Flappy Full, Flappy Stache, Flappy City: Cookie Bird Game
Flappy You, Flappy Sosa, Flappy Weed, Flappy Footballer-Hand Puppets
Flappy Troll, Flappy Cheat, Flappy Pena, Flappy 2048 - Endless Combat
Flappy Bros Online/Multiplayer, Flappy Bieber
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At some point in the future, GoG might give up their anti-DRM ideology and become just as bad as Steam.
Since you mentioned it: CD Projekt RED owns GOG. Back when CD Projekt Red launched The Witcher 2, it had SecuRom DRM in every edition except the version on GOG.
Sure, it was later patched out, but it should serve as a huge warning.
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Maybe your Markov chains should remain in one thread
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after the author realizes there's no future in indie dev and starts shoving the game into every indie bundle, hoping to scrape enough money to stave off starvation.
Bad move. Publishing this game was essentially a lark--he's already got a steady income as a writer, and he wrote the game for fun before deciding to bring in some extra people to make it publishable. If the game tanks it won't really hurt him.
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My experience has been that some older software won't run on 64 bit Windows but will on 32.
Or stupid variations, like the one I've mentioned before: I use 32-bit software that comes with a 16-bit installer, so it can't be installed on 64-bit Windows.
