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Re:Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel w... by codebje on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @07:44PM (#47511201)
The killer for games tends to be the anti-cheat or anti-piracy layers.

I have a Windows game I can't run under CrossOver (aka Wine 11) or a VM, only because its anti-piracy layer doesn't accept those circumstances.

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Re:Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel w... by alpaca128 on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @10:27PM (#47512449)
Meanwhile I had to pirate Dark Souls 1 because Microsoft's own DRM prevented the legitimately purchased game from saving on Windows, and download official no-cd patches for two other games because their DRM stopped working.

The problem with DRM is the DRM.

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