Virulent

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[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

Not exactly - it was in the source tarbal available for download from the releases page but not the git source tree.

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

I don't have a source but I think it is safe to say given the large corporations and government institutions that rely on XZ utils. I'm sure Microsoft, Amazon, redhat ect are in talks with the federal government about this

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I had this issue and it went away on newer 6.7 releases

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 16 points 8 months ago (9 children)

You just run the executable

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 22 points 8 months ago (17 children)

The drm-free marketing that gog does has been successful, but it is just marketing. While It's true that games sold on gog are drm-free, every game sold on gog that I've looked into is also drm-free on steam. The only real benefit is that the gog installers are more convenient for backups than using a steam back up tool.

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 13 points 8 months ago

No, init systems sucked before. It was a bunch of poorly documented and poorly managed shell scripts

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You can't really use it with redhat. You can swap the kernel and install the user space tools, but then you won't get support from redhat.

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah but if they're smart they will work on this anonymously. You can't force someone to show up to court if their identity is secret

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"profiting off their work" this is the equivalent to banning wine.

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 4 points 8 months ago

Ironically a lot of US states have banned reusable vapes but allow disposable ones making the problem worse

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 3 points 8 months ago

Yes but unless they ban cigarettes first, banning vapes will likely just have a negative effect

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 40 points 8 months ago

FOSS emulator developers need to learn that since the DMCA was passed, the state is hostile to them. It isn't fair and it doesn't matter that the Sony v Bleep lawsuit set precedence that emulators are legal because the DMCA is so vague that a judge can rule can rule it is impossible to legally emulate copy protected games. Developers need to start exclusively contributing and maintaining their projects through a pseudonym with no ties to their real identity or move to countries where shit like this doesn't happen.

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