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I've spoken about this before, but you could use amazon referral links and then post "the best PC configurations for Linux June Edition" etc. Then have a range of hardware configs from low to high end all promised to work with Linux, etc that could be updated every so often. Surely you wouldn't recieve a ton of business that way, but money is money.


You could also feature a "Peripherals known to work well in Linux," and then link roccat items, etc.

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Quoting: n30p1r4t3This site is your only form of income?

Not my only no, but one of my main ones.

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This site is your only form of income?

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Quoting: tigerLiam have you tried with sponsored reviews?
I mean, "fair" sponsored reviews, where you alert your readers it's sponsored and "might" be a biased (nothing wrong with it IMO)

We actually did a test once, this was the outcome: http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/a-quick-message-on-sponsored-articles-my-apologies.3448

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Liam have you tried with sponsored reviews?
I mean, "fair" sponsored reviews, where you alert your readers it's sponsored and "might" be a biased (nothing wrong with it IMO)

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Quoting: Playing Penguin SupporterBTW: You are thinking about other payment options?

I'm open to suggestions as always.

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You are doing an amazing job with this site. It's deactivated now. I wish all ads would be like this, then we wouldn't need AdBlock at all :D

BTW: You are thinking about other payment options?

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Quoting: n30p1r4t3P.S. I think it would be good if you published your monthly financial reports so that we KNOW where all the money is going rather than assuming it's just buying you another 6-pack for example.

I don't agree with that at all, people donate/pay for gol premium on the basis that it's to keep GOL going, it's my choice to use it on whatever I need to make that happen. It's income for me plain and simple.

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The problem with ads are that it ruins the computer experience for many. Ads are an unfortunate part of the world we live in today. The windows PCs (The "affordable ones") and our android phones (stock) are filled with ad and bloatware to the point where the typical users just frustrated and fed up and think that's what having a PC is all about. SO what do they do? Go buy a Mac/iPhone and tell the world how much better it is.


How does this relate to websites? It is a fact that people wont go to an ad filled website if the ads get in the way of the content, which of course doesn't happen on this site, but it does on many.

Enter Adblock Plus. The savior. Now I instantly have the CHOICE of blocking any and all adds (even the "non-obtrusive" and warnings for using adblock) to enhance my internet experience. And I believe that it is the choice we have as PC users to customize/tweak our experience in anyway we see fit, it's what makes the PC environment so open.

I can understand however that this site "needs" money to stay afloat, and I try my best to donate every month to it, because I believe in this site. But this seems to be another attempt at getting money although other options are available. I will always use adblock. Always. I shouldn't have to change/jeopardize my privacy/business practices by allowing ads that just makes some other guy money.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket, seek alternate sources of funding. Monthy "support" goals (I.E Wikipedia), Sponsored things ( I don't know), just anything other than begging people not to use adblock, because they shouldn't have to.

P.S. I think it would be good if you published your monthly financial reports so that we KNOW where all the money is going rather than assuming it's just buying you another 6-pack for example.

P.S.S You could seek sponsorship for videos that articles that in no way impact the bias of the article. (Think Linus Tech Tips and Dollar Shave Club). Also, uTorrent recently removed the option to remove the ads, and you know what happen? There's a revolt going on right now.

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Quoting: AnonymousPaying for anticommunist propaganda? They should pay us for play this s**t.

North Korea invading EEUU.. WTF Is the USA the country invading others (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libia), seriously this is ridiculous. The empire is the victim now LOL

Umm... are you sure you are not taking this a bit too seriously?

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yeah it's just that after a while you just forget you have AB on... ok for the first time in my life i whitelisted a site. ads don't seem to be annoying at all.

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Quoting: E911You should try to get financial funding in a different way - Flattr or something.

We have a flattr button on every article and the donate page, flattr seems nice, but it's not used a lot.

For example flattr gave me this for the entire of May: €1.52.

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Quoting: muntdefemsI have the same Godzilla issue on Ubuntu 12.10 (@1080p) ... I wonder if it happens the same on Windows, though...

At least it doesn't happen on Wine

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You should try to get financial funding in a different way - Flattr or something.

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This website is on my Whitelist on my AdBlock Edge since i registered on GOL.

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I use addblock only because youtube and even I don't achieve desired result. I still have pop ups in player.

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I left adblock on by accident for ages D:.
Good thing the supporter badge redeems me.

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Quoting: DrMcCoy2) chmod 777 is very bad. chmod 700 should suffice

That would mean that only the owner would be able to update the game, which might be a problem for some people.

and it should stay a problem. it would be much better if steam worked like package managers and simply provide ipc to its client where client could request update at any time. that way all files could stay protected full time and every legitimate user would be able to update it

thing only works because steam is checking integrity if file that was launched really is file that was copied. but, 777 opens whole sh1tstorm of bad karma

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ok, won't block it :)

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI bought it on Steam, and have been playing it some the last couple nights. Mixed impressions. So far it's actually a fairly tough game. I miss some Alpha Centauri things, like the social/political system dimension. There is a lot that's very Alpha C-ish.

Some that's different is not so much in concept as in how things play out--like, both have dangerous native life, but in this the dangerous native life multiplies, is at first distinctly tougher than you, and once it starts to notice that you're there it has your address and comes after you. So far I've seriously worried much more about the bloody aliens than I have about my rival factions; they keep wiping my cities out, or killing my new colonists before they can get one started. Plus there's formers just like in Alpha C, but they're almost useless a lot of the time. The way it goes is, you build a former, you send it out to do terrain improvements. It does a few, then aliens come and kill it, then more aliens scrag the mines and farms it made and you're back at square one. Until you can get some military forces badass enough to go wipe the hives off the map, they're a major limiting factor on both expansion and city improvement, and have sometimes threatened to flat wipe out my budding civilization.

You should start not on such an difficult level. I love that this game is not so easy to win the game. But there are ways to win and there is a lot to explore. All in all an awesome game.

If you have Problems to start the game fix the resolution in the config ~/.config/Proxy\ Studios/config :)

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Waiting for Steam version,

Looks like StarCraft 1 - a genre needing new life & breath.

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Quoting: kamilkoEh... waiting for steam version :(

Same. Or rather, I was. I've lost interest now. :|

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Eh... waiting for steam version :(

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This game is horribly broken in linux. My hi-dpi mouse won't work well even at lowest sensitibity. I think it's the cause also to very laggy gameplay.

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Quoting: SpeedsterHm... that may have been jumping to a conclusion based on it being developed in Unity. Is there any way to contact the project creators like the "contact me" link on kickstarter...

There's no such direct way of contacting the creators on Indiegogo campaigns. What I always do is post a comment that, if you're not a backer, will remain private and only the creators will be able to see it. 99% of the time they notice it and answer, either with a public comment or with a personal email.

EDIT: I would do it myself, but I can't since my Indiegogo account got "restricted" (whatever that means) and any attempt to contact their support has been fruitless. :><:

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I have the same Godzilla issue on Ubuntu 12.10 (@1080p), so I guess it's not a distro-specific problem. I wonder if it happens the same on Windows, though...

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Quoting: pbThanks for that info! I loved Lost Vikings and also played the sequel in DosBox. Now I really can't wait to play Trine. ;-)

Wait, what?! Is there a sequel to The Lost Vikings? I'll have to find it and play the hell out of it, then!

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I hope they will fix game performance :>

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Quoting: DrMcCoy2) chmod 777 is very bad. chmod 700 should suffice

That would mean that only the owner would be able to update the game, which might be a problem for some people.

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Paying for anticommunist propaganda? They should pay us for play this s**t.

North Korea invading EEUU.. WTF Is the USA the country invading others (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libia), seriously this is ridiculous. The empire is the victim now LOL

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