I haven't seen any, but I haven't looked for it either. Almost everything I use is free except for games so it wouldn't even make sense to pirate it. On the contrary, I make donations to certain projects occasionally and to one in particular every month. Being poor was one good reason to start using Linux, but I was never in it to get freebies. I do value the community's work and also contribute to projects from time to time.

Quoting: EhvisIt doesn't stop until you change your attitude towards it and have some disposable income. I've been completely free of pirated software (well, almost, one exception) for a while and even bought a whole bunch of games on Steam to settle a 'debt'.

I have a couple Steam games as well that would qualify for that category. Things I played as a teenager that were usually borrowed from friends and shared by too many people. To be honest there's a lot more I would still need to buy to settle the score.

While there may be piracy on Linux, I've also viewed as "If someone pirates' a game, then most likely he's using Windows (which in many cases has also been pirated)".

I'm no saint, have pirated a few games myself when I was a teen (which is almost 17 years ago) but then I realized how they held no value and have since replaced them with their original retail/digital counterparts - 200+ boxed games and over 250 more on GOG.

For the record I also buy my music in album CD, it's become a hobby to collect all albums by a particular band.

Quoting: m2mg2I did have a serious question though. Who has actually seen pirated Linux software, not Windows software people pirated through Wine? If you have how much of it?

I don't want to know where it is as I have no interest in it, I'm just curious if it actually exists in any substantial amount.

It does exist but not in the same volume compared to Wintendo. The usual torrent sources carry the software but most of it is simply copies of GOG packages. There are very few Linux 'cracks'.

In my younger days my college buddies and I pirated DOS and Win software but since my move to Linux my attitudes have changed and I genuinely feel guilty if I do not contribute properly!

What you can find is mostly the better known professional software. I've never seen game though. Then again, I'm not really looking, so why would I.

I think Liam's assertion that it is as much a problem as Windows is not accurate. I think a lot of Linux users pirate Windows software, I don't think there is actually a lot Linux software piracy. We'll see if SteamOS becomes big, will we see pirated games for SteamOS pop up all over? Maybe so.

Quoting: m2mg2I think Liam's assertion that it is as much a problem as Windows is not accurate. I think a lot of Linux users pirate Windows software, I don't think there is actually a lot Linux software piracy. We'll see if SteamOS becomes big, will we see pirated games for SteamOS pop up all over? Maybe so.

Old habits die hard for many people. LGP suffered from enough piracy that they started putting keys in their games.

Quoting: whm1974

Quoting: m2mg2I think Liam's assertion that it is as much a problem as Windows is not accurate. I think a lot of Linux users pirate Windows software, I don't think there is actually a lot Linux software piracy. We'll see if SteamOS becomes big, will we see pirated games for SteamOS pop up all over? Maybe so.

Old habits die hard for many people. LGP suffered from enough piracy that they started putting keys in their games.

Maybe I am wrong. You have information that it was due to piracy and not just something content owners insisted on for protection?

Quoting: m2mg2

Quoting: whm1974

Quoting: m2mg2I think Liam's assertion that it is as much a problem as Windows is not accurate. I think a lot of Linux users pirate Windows software, I don't think there is actually a lot Linux software piracy. We'll see if SteamOS becomes big, will we see pirated games for SteamOS pop up all over? Maybe so.

Old habits die hard for many people. LGP suffered from enough piracy that they started putting keys in their games.

Maybe I am wrong. You have information that it was due to piracy and not just something content owners insisted on for protection?

Well the last time I was able to access their site, They had a statement about users pirating their games and who even had the gall to ask them for help. Of course there could more to the story.

Put it this way, a very quick search enabled me to find Linux pirated games on a website. It does happen, I've seen it happen and I've had to deleted comments on an article before from a certain user who repeatedly talked pro-piracy without giving a shit.

It happens on all platforms where it's possible to do so.

Fact: To buy illegal copies or to download Linux games illegaly is against the business of game development...

Fact: Steam is not only and store, is a DRM too...

Fact: DRM is against Linux philosophy....

so... I don't support to buy/download illegal copies and I also don't support Devs that loves DRM.

So.... No-steam cracks for Linux games I have legally on my steam library? Interesting...
I would like to play MY legally acquired games without having to install that spyware on every computer I have..
That's why I Love GOG and Humble...