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Assassin's Creed Mirage arrives on Steam as Ubisoft return to Valve's store
18 October 2024 at 10:54 am UTC Likes: 14

"Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper 5 a day machine activation limit"

"Requires 3rd-Party Account: Ubisoft Connect Launcher (Supports Linking to Steam Account)"

Swing and a miss, still not getting my money Ubisoft.

Intel and AMD join up to form the x86 ecosystem advisory group to shape the future
16 October 2024 at 3:58 am UTC Likes: 2

So the companies that screw me over with Intel ME and AMD PSP are joining forces ? Consider me wanting to get off X86 to RiscV or Power9 even more than before.

Steam purchases now clearly state you're just getting a license not ownership
16 October 2024 at 3:57 am UTC

Quoting: Desum
Quoting: PublicNuisance
Quoting: DesumShame GOG's Linux support is rather... lacking. Wine not withstanding.

Could have fooled me as I own hundreds of Linux games from GOG. I find Steam's stance on DRM free to be lacking. I know you were trying to take a dig at GOG's lack of a Linux client but I am one of the people who don't want a client. GOG's offline installers give me exactly the experience I want.

That isn't how IP works. You don't 'own' anything you buy outside of the public domain or CC so long as someone else' IP is an integral component of whatever.

I have the install files on my HDD and there is no taking them back. I can do with them as I please. Possession is 9/10 of the law as they say. They can come at me if they want for license crap but good luck finding out what I do with files on my personal system. They can ban my GOG account but that only screws me for future updates. That's more freedom than most Steam users have.

Steam purchases now clearly state you're just getting a license not ownership
16 October 2024 at 3:54 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: sourpuzInteresting, how do you prefer to install them? I've had mixed results with Lutris and Bottles. For some games it's excellent, others - which should run via Wine - seem to be hopeless.
And I'm a little wary of the install scripts on lutris.net, I found one of them downloading some shady stuff.

Quoting: PublicNuisance
Quoting: DesumShame GOG's Linux support is rather... lacking. Wine not withstanding.

Could have fooled me as I own hundreds of Linux games from GOG. I find Steam's stance on DRM free to be lacking. I know you were trying to take a dig at GOG's lack of a Linux client but I am one of the people who don't want a client. GOG's offline installers give me exactly the experience I want.

I usually use Heroic Game Launcher to launch the game and configure it to use DXVK/VKD3D/Esycn/Fsync/etc. To install them I just right click and choose to open the installer with Wine. I have had games work better than Proton this way and had others work worse. I use Lutris for native Linux games but prefer HGL for Windows games.

Steam purchases now clearly state you're just getting a license not ownership
13 October 2024 at 5:49 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: satorideponI think Valve must add an option for developers to mark their games as DRM-free, because many people apparently don't know that it's possible on Steam too and that some games they may have purchased are DRM-free

I would agree that they should add that. I for one know about it but so far the only way I can find out on a per game basis is the say so of some randos on the internet which isn't good enough for me. I don't have to guess with GOG.

Steam purchases now clearly state you're just getting a license not ownership
13 October 2024 at 5:21 pm UTC Likes: 10

Quoting: DesumShame GOG's Linux support is rather... lacking. Wine not withstanding.

Could have fooled me as I own hundreds of Linux games from GOG. I find Steam's stance on DRM free to be lacking. I know you were trying to take a dig at GOG's lack of a Linux client but I am one of the people who don't want a client. GOG's offline installers give me exactly the experience I want.

ZOOM Platform store announces new tool to run Windows games on Linux with Proton
8 October 2024 at 3:47 pm UTC

I'm sure it will help somebody but in this case I doubt i'd use it. I'd treat it like GOG and use Wine and HGL instead.

Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare come to PC on October 29
8 October 2024 at 3:45 pm UTC Likes: 9

"Requires 3rd-Party Account: Rockstar Games"

Hard pass.

God of War Ragnarök released and Steam Deck Verified, needs a launch option for Desktop Linux
21 September 2024 at 3:46 am UTC Likes: 4

"Requires 3rd-Party Account: PlayStation Network (Supports Linking to Steam Account) "

Hard pass for me.

An interview with the creator of Lutris
21 September 2024 at 3:44 am UTC

I prefer Lutris over HGL for it's interface. I use Lutris for native Linux games and HGL for Wine games as I find it easier to get Esync and Fsync working on HGL. Thanks for the effort Mathieu and best of luck to you !