Quoting: GamingonLinux.comSystem76 are gradually becoming a bit more like the Apple of the Linux hardware world now.

Well System76 already charge very similar prices to Apple, and that's before shipping or local taxes (e.g. the infamous "Australia Tax")... After factoring-in shipping / local taxes, System76 is well and truly into "Apple" territory, with regards to price.

You could argue that System76 provide their own drivers, extensive support to their customers and so forth... But I'm not convinced that these things are worth such a huge markup, especially when you consider the existing hardware which is generally pretty Linux-friendly (ASUS are a great example here) and the endless stream of technical support for Linux that is available online.

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No GOG.com release?

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This only affects the Steam version though, right? If you bought a copy from GOG.com, it should be fine, shouldn't it?

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Quoting: LungDragoWe truly live in a f*cked up world. Just like in the Orwell game. Destroy someone by publicizing a statement out of context. So easy!

2 + 2 = 5

Slightly off-topic, but ha, you should come to Australia... "1984" is alive and well here.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyThe way it seems to have gone is, this stylish obviously rich woman would find these dirt poor kids and recruit them on the basis of being basically eye candy/service staff. It's not like there aren't plenty of people who do that with no sex attached. Then once they were on sites, usually distant from their homes and isolated, they'd be expected to do what the other kids were doing; Darth Epstein would be, in a more jolly way than Vader, "I am altering the deal; pray I don't alter it any further." It's not that hard to pressure most people once they're cut off and alone, let alone kids.
Presumably most of them didn't tell their parents just what was going down, just that they were making good (by the standards of dirt poor families) money. It's possible some parents made a stink and successfully got their kids back. It's possible some parents tried and were stonewalled, and if you're a poor person how are you going to expect it to play out if you try to get the cops to go after a billionaire? But sure, some of those parents probably sucked. Some of those parents were probably in jail. Not sure what makes that relevant though--what, it's OK if bad things happen to kids as long as they have bad parents? Predators aren't culpable, it's their victims' fault for not having better parents to defend them? I don't get it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not putting the blame back onto the victims here and whilst we will never be privvy to the full facts, I do believe that at least some of these girls were carefully "encouraged" to participate in sexual misconduct with Epstein and his buddies, if not all of them (the girls)... With so much money and power at your disposal, I suspect it would be pretty easy to nudge people in the "right" direction.

My point that I was saying (at least for that part of my post), is that there are some pretty valid questions which need to be asked, and people are conveniently refusing to seek answers and / or are ignore these facts in favor of the little issues - such as some geek sitting at a desk who should know better than to comment on a highly controversial topic in his position...

Regarding the "parents" thing, I think it is unfair to blanket them all as being in jail or having abandoned these kids and whatnot, though that may be the case for some of them... In saying that, as I explained to my wife, the most likely scenario is that a lot of these parents simply "turned a blind eye" in hopes of rubbing shoulders with the wealthy and the elite - it would not be the first time a parent (from any class of society) has neglected their moral and legal responsibilities in favor of such an outcome.

As a father, the thought of that makes me cringe, but sadly, it happens all the time, and the Epstein thing is not even that bad compared to what some "parents" do in the hopes of rubbing shoulders with the wealthy and the elite.

The other issue is, and this is a tricky one, is the fact that a lot of people are simply ignoring the rather serious accusations against "Prince" Andrew, Donald Trump and various others who are wealthy and / or powerful...

What makes it "tricky"?

Well, look at his suicide... The entire thing is surrounded by "facts" that just don't match up, despite the fact that he was a high-profile prisoner in one of the most "secure" prisons in America.

And the fact that everyone is completely avoiding the topic of Epstein's buddies being participants in some or all of Epstein's activities, instead focussing on the smaller issues, such as a geek / academic who was silly enough to voice some controversial opinions about an already controversial topic.

It would be unrealistic to expect anything to come out of any investigation against Epstein's long list of wealthy and powerful buddies - this stuff happens all the time (you're kidding yourself if you think the wealthy / elite don't do this all the time!) and they don't get away with it for no reason... But that doesn't mean everyone needs to ignore the fact that this sort of thing was happening.

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Quoting: appetrosyanOn a side note: F?CK GNOME . They owe their entire existence to the distinction between copyleft and opensource. I'm alright with them not defending him; the guy has some antics, and defending everything he does is... well.... impossible. But attacking him so actively is something else entirely, it's like if I started railing on my parents and saying that they should move out of the house they built and I grew up in, because of something that my dad said, when he was drunk.

lol

Love the enthusiasm of multiple people attacking GNOME here.

I don't like them (GNOME) and consider them to be a horrible organization, for a laundry list of reasons... Glad to see I'm not alone.

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Meanwhile, everyone conveniently "forgets" that Donald Trump, "Prince" Philip and Stephen Hawking (among others) have all been accused of associating with Jeffrey Epstein to some degree... Most of them on a close, regular basis and some of them - notably "Prince" Philip and Donald Trump - have repeatedly had accusations of sexual misconduct made against them, often in the company of or courtesy of an arrangement by Jeffrey Epstein.

I haven't read Stallman's latest comments personally, but my understanding is that one of the comments which got him in hot water was a comment that suggested some of these chicks went into these situations of their own free will... Which is a perfectly valid - and very likely accurate - point (like it or not, most 12+ year old children of both sexes have a much better understanding of sex than they should, at least these days!).

And why is no one asking where the parents were, when these "vulnerable" chicks were flying around the world screwing rich and powerful people / "royalty"? If my daughter was that age and was flying around with a "prince" ad some wealthy dude in a private jet, I'd expect people to be asking some awfully big questions!

Let's not mince words here - screwing girls that are considerably younger than you is frowned upon; if they're under the age of consent (which varies from country-to-country), it's even illegal... And irrespective of he law, below a certain age - such as the "11-14 year olds" that Jeffrey Epstein was supposedly seen hanging around - I think you need to take a pretty long, hard look at yourself.

Stallman is a scapegoat who foolishly made some comments on a controversial topic, because no one wants to go after the rich and powerful that are guilty the same crimes as Jeffrey Epstein...

And no, I am not a Stallman fan - I just think it is hypocritical to persecute the man over some stupid comments, when others are getting away with everything because they are rich and / or powerful.

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Interesting that the Apple macOS version is not on Steam, given that macOS is almost universally considered the best operating system for "creative" types...

Nevermind - the developer (or at least the guy who uploaded it to Steam) replied about this very issue over here...

Tldr: He uses a Linux-based operating system himself and does not own an Apple computer - plus it is already available for macOS via the website - so it (the macOS version) probably won't be on Steam anytime soon.

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Anyway, if you've never tried Krita, I highly recommend this - I'm not much of an artist myself, but my daughter is and she uses this on her Apple iMac / Sony VAIO, with incredible results... It's not The GIMP or Adobe Photoshop, but with a bit of patience, you can churn-out some surprisingly high-quality artwork!

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80The developer was one man Ryan C Gordon and the publisher is Nightdrive studios and my understanding is they do not own the IP they licenced it from Disney who hold the rights after purchsing it in 2008 after the bomb that was the 360/pc updated turok Which is why its a licensing issue they do not have the rights to push it out to gog because they only agreed to sell it via steam.

Yes, but clearly the publisher - Nightdrive Studios - still has rights to sell the game, because at the time of writing, they still publish the game on both GOG.com and Steam... So there's no reason why Nightdrive Studios could not go back and re-negotiate with Disney, in order to distribute the Linux version on GOG.com also.

If it was a major contractual change, I could understand the reluctance to attempt to re-negotiate the licensing terms... But we're talking about a pretty minor point here.

Ultimately, none of us are ever likely to be privvy to the details of their specific contract with Disney and thus the likelyhood of any renegotiations being successful - but as someone who has dealt with B2B and G2B contracts extensively in the past, I find it difficult to believe that Nightdrive Studios would not be able to re-negotiate this particular point of the contract, if they actually tried... Which is why I say they're being lazy, because they're not even bothering to try; they're just putting it straight into the "too hard" basket.

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According to the information available on both Steam and GOG.com, it is the same developer / publisher in both stores... Yet only the former has the "Linux" version available.

Which goes back to the "there's simply no excuse" argument I gave above... The developer / publisher is just being too lazy.

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Quoting: ShmerlThey should just release it for Linux already.

Despite owning this on my Sony PlayStation 4 Pro, this game is on my "wish" list, for if it eventually becomes available for Linux-based operating systems (GOG.com have the game DRM-free, if you're interested)...

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Quoting: slaapliedjeWasn't No Man's Sky one of those that at some point in time was supposed to get a native version?

I don't think so, but it's possible. The game was hyped prior release with bunch of straight up lies, it's the main reason why I haven't bought it.

I was sure I had heard this somewhere, too... But I have extensively looked for the reference (to a release for Linux-based operating system) in the past, and turned-up empty handed every time.

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Luke_NukemThis is the second Windows only game I purchased to play on Linux... I never ever thought I would be doing this 15 years ago. The impact Valve is having just by including Proton in Steam and enabling one-click playing of Windows games is understated.

Well . . . define "impact". I'll call it a big impact when I see the percentage of Linux Steam users start to consistently creep up. At the moment, well, we should be grateful, but "impact" I dunno.

This.

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