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Quoting: TheRiddickI wonder if Valve will setup a expected death of account owner timer. So once you turn 80yo they consider you dead and invalidate your entire library, lol. That would be dystopian but I suspect in 40years time we will all have MUCH more pressing issues to deal with other then computer stuff.

GDPR has already been pushing tech companies to nuke accounts after 2 years so it actually could very well happen.

2 years after you stop using it - so long as you keep logging in, you should be good.

... and only "if the data is not needed anymore", which is obviously not true if it's tied to stuff you bought.

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Quoting: EhvisI've been using VR on Linux with a 2080 Ti since 2019 and the only issue that I've had that was nvidia specific was that support for async reprojection came later.

Do you happen to know if this is the same topic as the mentioned "Experimental improvements to async support"?

Not entirely sure what you mean by that.

There are problems with "async reprojection" (as far as I know, that's calculating frames in-between if the GPU is rendering them too slow), especially on Nvidia. And now there's "improvements to async support". Does this mean improvements to the async reprojection calculation? I mean, async can mean a lot of things I guess...?

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Quoting: EhvisI've been using VR on Linux with a 2080 Ti since 2019 and the only issue that I've had that was nvidia specific was that support for async reprojection came later.

Do you happen to know if this is the same topic as the mentioned "Experimental improvements to async support"?

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Quoting: LachuFor example in License of Windows 10 exist text told, the software is not sold, but licensed.

And so is Linux.

The difference is in the license that Linux has.

It's a licence allowing some stuff and disallowing other stuff. Yes, it's more permissive, but Linux/s uses the very same mechanism Microsoft and Valve and the game publishers are using. If people think this mechanism is wrong (See Lachu above), don't forget to blame Linux/s as well. Giving somebody a licence is nothing to complain about, but the usual way to hand over some rights to a software.

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Quoting: LachuFor example in License of Windows 10 exist text told, the software is not sold, but licensed.

And so is Linux.

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Quoting: Mountain ManWhy do people keep poking the bear? It's not like Nintendo is going to suddenly say, "Fine, you win. We will stop attempting to protect our intellectual property rights."

Yes, why do people keep doing what's right in the face of an idiotic legal system. Silly protesters with their values. We'll never understand. When the deck's stacked against you, just roll over immediately, that's what I say.

Yes, let's just ignore all laws we don't like or find inconvenient. Anarchy always works out the best for everybody.

And what laws are being broken or challenged here?

I guess this depends on the licence the game has got. Does it allow decompiling?

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Not unrelated at all...
Does somebody know if and how selling an ESO account would work out? I suddenly have one and I have no use for it...

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Quoting: Eri

QuoteWhat have you been playing recently that you think is worth mentioning? Do you have any issues with the Steam Deck Verified rating on something? Let me know in the comments.

I recently played Borderlands 2 on Steam Deck and it crashed constantly with every Proton version I tried, it's supposed to be verified.

Shouldn't Borderlands 2 be running natively?

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Quoting: CatKillerIn case anyone else is also considering it for a younger audience, according to the discussion pages there is an option to disable the blood.

That's true, it's still violent though.

I never got far, didn't manage to build a vehicle that can stand some dozens of soldiers in like level 5, but it is a fun game.

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Quoting: SimonKJones2. Scrivener, writing software that isn't available on Linux. That's basically the only thing keeping me on the platform.

Did you try it under WINE lately? Somebody reported (I think on this site, something geo-related?) that programs not related to games at all also profit from the WINE improvements.

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