Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vetgaming" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vetgaming</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@linuxmint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxmint</span></a></span> It's just a necessity, according to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span>, as it's just not feasible longterm to collect rarer-and-rarer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> hardware and rely on non-enforcement of copyright on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Abandonware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abandonware</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Plus whilst <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Valve</span></a> isn't antragonistic to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Proton</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DXVK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DXVK</span></a> repackagings, <em>not relying</em> on them is kinda important, as this setup also helps with otger applications that ain't strictly games or in setups that one may not want to be on the internet.</li></ul><p>It makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TheSims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSims</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FightingIsMagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightingIsMagic</span></a> just work on anything that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> and has enough resources to throw at it.</p>