All DRM is invasive by definition. That's impossible.
He's still using Windows on his computer to play games
Hunter Rivera
Ethan Powell
Invasive DRM is DRM which intrudes upon you, rootkits, CD-key activations, securom.
Steam is passive DRM, while it does do a check to see if you own the game, it's a one-step-check and requires absolutely no effort to fool, this is by design. And while there are ways to make Steam DRM "uncrackable," no one bothers to go to that length to implement it in the ways that it would be because it's a pain in the ass and no one wants that.
Software as a service is a working business model, evident by the fact that Valve is a multi-billion dollar corporation. They don't stop their customers (either on the distribution or consumer end) from making any changes or modifications to the products they make, so you can put DRM in your game on Steam or you can crack the DRM in your game on Steam to run without it.
Steam doesn't validate the binaries unless you do a manual integrity check, and Steam doesn't stop its publishers from putting lame duck DRM into their games. But Steam itself is passive DRM.
Kayden Edwards
It's really a long-term issue, not a package-count issue per se. The longer you try to maintain the system, the more likely it is that the next version of package X requires an older version of package Y despite the next version of package Z requiring the new version of package Y. Whatever resolution you choose, you have to put a directive in your files and that shit piles up until the system becomes unmaintainable.
Joseph Gonzalez
There is no single point of using Linux. I know a lot of people who run it for software compatibility reasons. They study computer science and every course is designed for Unix-likes.
If you think there's only one reason to run Linux you must think it's a pretty shitty operating system.
Ethan King
Most of those run on WINE. Most DX11 games still have issues though. Go check the state of support:
Chase Brown
Check again mate. There has been a large influx of games in last few months uploaded by verified uploader. Remember to seed.
Jacob Torres
I've had Mint installed for about a year and I get about 2500 lines of packages with command "dpkg -l". I have games, wine, libreoffice etc. What distro do you use? Did we use same or similar command?
Xavier Sanders
user are you still around?
I have linux mint tips for you
Dylan Campbell
fuckit
here are some things to help you get started
this is a shitty guide I wrote and pretty much don't update any more but maybe will one day, if you like it save it because dropbox will change the link if I edit it
dl.dropboxusercontent.com
This is a script I use every time I do a fresh install of linux mint, it speeds of the process of gettting shit I want installed and even installs add-ons for firefox
dl.dropboxusercontent.com
half done instructions for running a script are in the guide
Cooper Walker
hehe