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DuckStation dev dropping support for Linux

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Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz · 2 months ago

Scripts: Remove PKGBUILD · stenzek/duckstation@30df16c

I originally provided this an alternative to the broken AUR packages. However, it seems that Arch users would rather use broken packages and keep complaining to me instead of their packager. I spe...

The post says AUR builds are being blocked and soon Linux support will be dropped entirely.

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make free open source software

people repackage for their distros

get mad when you receive support requests for outdated packages

change license to prevent further repackages

Linux users continue using old version to avoid restrictive license change

Continue to receive support requests for old packages before license change

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