octoblade

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

With the Steam Deck getting more popular and more SteamOS handhelds on the way, it has never been a better time for game companies to support Linux. GOG does already sell some games that have Linux support, they just don't have a convenient way to download and install them.

GOG galaxy appears to use CEF and Qt, as well as some parts (such as plugins) that use python. All of those are cross platform. So I doubt it would be incredibly difficult to port to Linux. The fact that there is already a macOS version indicates that it can be made cross platform and can run on Unix-based systems.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

If they were to force a TEE based DRM like Widevine L1, it would likely cause significant issues as there are a considerable amount of devices that don't support it (for example most PCs).

If they were to use software based DRM like Widevine L3, it would be easy for enthusiasts to crack and the tools for doing so would just get much much better.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Widevine L3 is trivial to decrypt at this point, there are even APIs on the web to decrypt it. Playready SL2000 is starting to get much easier to decrypt as well.

Forcing TEE based DRM (Widevine L1 and playready SL3000) would have the potential to cause too much collateral damage. They would almost certainly have to have exceptions some devices. If they intentionally break compatibility on browsers other than chrome, they would probably face antitrust issues.

So it is likely there will always either be a way to bypass or decrypt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Please flag as NSFW

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

This whole situation was a concern for me too, but with Ladybird being spun off into its own not for profit, these kind of things are much less likely to occur again going forward. The project is a lot more focused now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

GTA Online isn't server based, it is peer-to-peer. Hence why it is so easy to cheat. Rockstar decided to use the cheaper option instead of the much better option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I am typing this from a device which uses PulseAudio (FuriLabs FLX1 phone). I wish it used pipewire instead, but for now I don't really have a choice. Pipewire doesn't work yet with everything on this phone, so everyone with this phone is using PulseAudio (unless they don't want working audio).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is there one of these but usenet instead?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well technically don't they use the bing ad network?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Wait nitter is back? Hallelujah

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

He knows what he is saying. Putin's hand is so far up Trump's ass at this point that Trump is basically just a Russian puppet.

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