Yes, look at the ars article, there are even links to the patents. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/jury-finds-activision-blizzard-liable-in-23-4m-patent-infringement-case/

Depending on the software you need and how technical you are, Wine and Bottles may be a solution to not need an VM.

Huh, never heard of it! from what I gathered from the website its a central VPN? Wouldn’t that be overkill for a homelab scenario? Thanks for your response!

Thank you for not only taking the time to answer but also adding quite useful resources. I will look into it!

The problem is probably a legality thing. In Germany for example AFAIK people need to be told they are recorded and must accept to this. So by implementing such a feature, you need to adhere to local laws, which differ from country to country and may make it way to complex and dangerous to implement.

This game is a treasure for those lines, gotta search my old screenshots 😁

That seems like quite a large endavour. And I’m always a fan of alternatives. One thing I do not fully understand is the, I do not want to selfhost so its federated. Somebody needs to host in the end, why can’t it be you?

To improve security of option 1 you could use a keyfile, that is either only transferred manually to devices or stored at a second cloud provider.

The two main reasons I decided to opt for a VPS was, that I don’t have a PC here that is efficient enough and the faster fresh installs and snapshots are a pro too.

Thanks this is quite helpful!

If you’re into tactical third person shooters, I can only recommend SOCOM especially the second part! Tactical Squad Based Shooters, where rushing in is seldom the answer.

That’s just such a great image!

Its a set of software tools, that are often bundled together with the Linux-Kernel. Most Distros use them.

I loved those too!

I really liked the first one, so maybe I really should take a look. Thanks!

Maybe I am wrong, but I wouldn’t consider Doom as a tactical shooter. But thanks for the recommendation!

Sounds like Showly, that aggregates track.tv and IMDB. https://github.com/1RandomDev/showly-oss

Can’t confirm, used it for free for years and am now a happy paying customer.

Yes, the surf game is way more fun than the dino in my opinion!

While I agree with LibreOffice as an option, no one should recommend OpenOffice anymore. Its just not well maintained.