I had enough reason to not buy the game before, this just adds to the pile. I'll stick with DRM free games.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismHaving read and reflected more, I feel like there are at least 2 points to drive home.

1. Why in the hell is anyone still using Github for FOSS? Projects should go independent or literally anywhere else.

2. This really drives home the point that __BINARY CANNOT BE TRUSTED__ -- we really should hammer this idea in HARD.

If you can't see the source, how are you going to verify (I) A Signature, and (II) What the software does and does not do.

I could see it being Legally Mandated that ALL SOFTWARE is required to publish their source code to ensure that malicious foreign actors haven't hidden things in the software.

__BINARY CANNOT BE TRUSTED__ -- of course most of you already know this -- Easy-Anti-Cheat? What does it really do? Denuvo? What does it really do? How do we know that it's safe? How can be verify that software is safe?

Binary Cannot Be Trusted. Fuck GitHub.

I agree with most of what you say. It's why I am trying to use my system with the libre kernel as much as possible to try to limit my closed source footprint from binary blobs that can be updated on a whim, and include who knows what from the kernel. Using the law is not a solution in my eyes though. I don't feel like I have the right to kill someone in order to enforce FOSS which is exactly what you're asking if you want to create laws. As soon as you make a law you have to be willing to have have people killed to enforce it. If you aren't then you can't have the law. Now i'm fine with that for things like rape and murder but do I want it to happen over someone wanting to use software that I don't agree with ? No. How about we as people support projects that use the ideals we want to further and we as people actually put our money where our mouth is.

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One could do worse as far as Linux laptops go. That being said I've never been crazy about having 8GB of the RAM soldered on. The wifi doesn't look like it would work with the libre kernel which is an issue for me. The GPU also seems to be at best on par with the Iris XE, maybe even a bit worse, at least on paper. I'd still count the Nova Custom NV41 as my top choice for a new laptop.

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I remember the day Alpha Protocol came out. I had the day off work and I played through the entire campaign over the course of nearly fifteen straight hours minus food and bathroom breaks. It was janky in spots, as many Obsidian games are, but it was so much fun.

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I'm glad to see more options to have Linux preinstalled but i'm not interested. Coreboot support is a must for me. Also I don't touch Nvidia GPU's except to run them in Nouveau. I'm more interested in the NovaCustom NV41 if I were getting a new laptop.

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I'm glad for the move. Now if only they would open soruce the Steam client and their game engine.

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My priority is DRM free so even if the game was on Steam if there was a DRM free version on their site i'd pick that. I'd prefer Itch.io or GOG but I never was going to touch the Epic store.

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Never heard of Mordheim but i'll give pretty much anything 40K a try, especially for free.

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I always try to use the packages in my distro's repo but Flatpak has become my go to when that's not a viable option. AppImage isn't bad either.

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Even when I was willing to buy games from store clients that took my freedom away I never paid for a game through uPlay. Always found it to be the worst of the worst. The only Ubisoft games I have purchased in the last ten years have been on GOG. I guess you could say I never got used to their idea and never will.

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