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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by TingPing on Friday January 30, 2026 @12:48PM (#46827454)
It makes zero sense for traditional distros to have payments. They exclusively repackage software. You want direct to customer platforms (Snap, Flathub, etc).
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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by cestith on Friday January 30, 2026 @01:36PM (#46828109)
The dnf, deb, or pacman tools could point to a repo where the packages have paid activation.
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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by akdev1l on Friday January 30, 2026 @02:01PM (#46828452)
Companies can already do that. This is how redhat works in its entirety.

This has nothing to do with the base distribution

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Re:GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it wor... by cestith on Friday February 06, 2026 @09:11AM (#46913022)
I don’t remember ever having to activate a piece of RedHat code after downloading it. I do remember paying a subscription to have authentication to particular repos. It’s been a while, though.
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