This right here. Real-Debrid + JDownloader2 makes for a very reliable and safe method to get files.

If you have a paid account you can provide it your login credentials and it’ll get faster speeds.

Without premium it’ll still work fine, and in my experience I get less failed downloads with it compared to just a web browser.

Modern games are far too large to fit onto CDs and DVDs. The Witcher 3 was released on DVD and there were over 10 DVDs in the case.

On Blu-Ray you have a better chance, but that’s a lot more expensive.

If you stick to smaller games you can make it work, and just write a simple batch/bash script to auto-launch the installer.

There’s also a good chance those old Discs you have laying around won’t actually work anymore. Discs rot even in an un-burned state.

Steam’s backup option is still there, and it can break the game files up into CD or DVD sized chunks for this exact purpose.

You do need to have Steam installed for the discs to work later.

If you’re familiar with docker you can have it up and running in ~5 mins.

I always hear this, but I’ve been using Nvidia with Linux since 2004 and have never had any issues.

https://github.com/sonic2kk/steamtinkerlaunch for when you need MO2 or Nexus (that isn’t Stardew). Keep in mind this will install a new instance of the app for each game you use it with (in its proton prefix folder).

https://github.com/Nexus-Mods/NexusMods.App is the current version of the new Nexus Mod Manager App, which has linux support. Currently it only has game support for Stardew Valley.

As many others have said, go with PrismLauncher for Minecraft. Modrinth’s launcher works fine too, but doesn’t have curseforge support.

It does currently support Stardew Valley.

No changelog in the blog? Anyone know what’s new?

As a guitarist ToneLib and Carla are also up there for me.

The entire KDE Community is incredible. From KDEConnect to Kdenlive, Krita, and Plasma I am a very happy nerd.

I used to run a Plex server locally, with content provided by Usenet. It was by far the most stable/robust experience I’ve had, but I like being able to watch whatever I want on a whim.

In addition to what @kek@discuss.tchncs.de said;

You don’t need to worry about a VPN, and I find the connection much more stable and less prone to flakiness due to seeders being on shitty ISPs.

It isn’t as robust as Usenet, or a Plex/Jellyfin server, but it’s a lot more convenient in my experience.

Yeah Debrid + Stremio and you’re set.

Started with Ubuntu’s initial 4.10 release back in '04. I wish I still had the Live CD they mailed me. When Ubuntu ditched Gnome for Unity I switched to Mint. Up until a few months ago I was dual-booting Windows alongside it, but with 10’s EOL approaching I’m ditching it.

I do keep an old laptop running Win10 specifically for some Audio-related software I just can’t get to work in Linux.

High shipping costs, customs, currency conversion, etc.

And yet again they’re based out of Europe, which makes this out of reach for most Canadians.

While it’s not the solution you’re looking for, you can always write a script for those commands, and have it run on each startup.

I ran Lockdown in Wine without any problems during my time at school. Given, this was about 7 years ago so things may have changed.

“These work in web browser included into tvs like samsung”

and

“I have not tried it in the browsers thats included into tvs tho”

Are contradictory statements.