Quoting: Hamish

Quoting: jensSorry, re-reading your posting several times, I don't get the essence. Would you mind to explain?

Sure, no worries. It is just that Linux users very often tell Windows users that their choices are bad and that they need to improve, and I can't help but feel that a lot of the people upset with Shmerl would be fine seeing the exact same attitude expressed if he was arguing against Windows usage rather than using Steam.

I can confirm that as a teenager, when I saw people's forum signatures boasting about Linux and/or Firefox (to put things into context, at the time I didn't see the point of using other media players than WMP, other browsers than IE, etc. since they were already installed and seemed to do the job), it irritated me rather than made me interested in learning more about open source. "I'm so much better than you" isn't a very effective way to get people to look into the way you do things and associate with you.

As a result, though I am now firmly committed to free software, I make it a point not to be insufferable about it. I'll discuss my preferences when asked, offer open source solutions to people's problems when they consult me, and I'm not above taking jabs at Microsoft for humor, but ultimately people make their own choices and all I can do is make sure they know about the alternatives to proprietary solutions.

I'd like to think I got the balance right since my friend who knows I've been using Linux exclusively for a number of years still asked me to help her shop for a Windows laptop. And I will, because that's what makes sense for her in her situation, and it's what she wants.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: namikoShmerl, I say this with the kindest, most honest, and honourable intentions... you're a holier-than-thou arrogant ass who doesn't properly listen to anything people say if they contradict your own opinions. Nobody likes someone who won't listen.

I've been watching this from the sidelines, and although this isn't incorrect, I think it would also be fairly accurate to say others haven't really been engaging with Shmerl's position either. Rather, the underlying framework has been roughly "The kind of opinions Shmerl is putting out are 'fanatical', therefore Shmerl is a 'fanatic', therefore everything Shmerl says must be wrong and it's more important to hector him than to discuss because there's no point treating 'fanatics' with respect."

It's not Shmerl's opinions that are fanatical, it's the way he engages with people.

With your post above you managed to summarize the arguments of both sides with logic and respect while pointing out that some boil down to personal preference or hypotheticals. That's hardly the approach Shmerl has chosen. I won't rehash what Namiko already said, but stating that Feral is categorically pro-DRM and whatnot and rebuffing anyone who points out the nuances in the issue in question is not an argument or a conversation, it's mindless preaching. There is no productive discussion to be had with someone like that.

In fact it's so revolting that I too find myself wanting to defend DRM although I would much prefer it not to exist, just because I don't want to side with someone who has thrown logic out the window and refuses to look at an issue from all sides. But there's no point shouting at someone who is deaf.

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Quoting: NexushiveI think that clue is song form Death Metal bend calld Atrocity, first song on album Okkult (2013) is Pandaemonium...
(snip)
Hellblade: senua's sacrifice

Impressive. I'll say this, though: if Hellblade is indeed the correct answer, but this is not a clue that Feral had envisioned, the coincidence is baffling.

Quoting: wvstolzingA match for what, though? The fact that a death metal band quoted Milton in a song?

The face paint and the headpiece.

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Quoting: FireStarWDoesn't this also mean for mac users that their back catalog of opengl games will be unable to be playable on new versions of macos? What a crazy decision.

Sounds like the kind of spiteful move I would expect from Apple.

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Quoting: Xpander

Quoting: DisharmonicMy guess would be this https://store.steampowered.com/app/414340/Hellblade_Senuas_Sacrifice/

this is actually pretty good guess. I don't know much about this game, but given its popularity and huge thread asking for Linux support + its an UE4 game and has very positive reviews, it should fit right in.

Plus there's pandemonium in her mind at most times it seems, so it would be a clever double match for the hint. Seems like a plausible guess to me considering the popularity and calibre of the game relative to what Feral usually ports, the fact it's still recent and the relevance of the clues. Definitely something I'd put on my wishlist at any rate.

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What would those CPU and GPU look like in Intel/nvidia terms? It's all I can do to keep up with what those numbers mean.

As for covering this on GOL: it's a Linux system and it runs games, I'm in.

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: MimoI have a question, it may be a stupid one, but it's one I can't figure out: why do visual novels count as games?

I suppose it's a computer variant of game books. You can make some choices which change the story.

See http://www.abandonia.com/en/gamebooks

Well, some don't let you make any choices, or meaningful ones. And others have more gameplay elements than just dialog options. It's kind of a fluid game genre.

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Quoting: tuubiI think I've already bumped into a discussion of games on Steam for which you can download official "uncensor" patches from the developer's website directly. If I remember correctly, this list included HuniePop. Don't know if other stores sell "uncut" versions of these games.

I'm aware of one example, Highway Blossoms, that is on both Steam and itch as a SFW version that fades to black during the one or two sex scenes of the VN. On both stores the description links to their website for a downloadable uncensor patch. But considering the number of adult games on itch, I expect most of them are uncut by default; but maybe that's not exactly what you mean.

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Rage 2 on Linux would be nice, I enjoyed the first game when I still used Windows. But yeah, Bethesda...

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Salute and best of luck going forward!

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