No, I understand the bypass does not work on Linux.

I would say “nice try FBI!”, but I think they have their hands full at the moment.

I still use a set of Shure DJ headphones which have been glued back together a few times. They are very comfortable and have excellent sound reproduction.

A couple of github sites are still up, but the software has been ‘archived’.

As a fan of this show, I’d also like to find sources of these episodes. I am aware that some episodes have been lost over the years, though.

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Meets all my requirements 😀

I found about Usenet and the sort of “hype” relative to it and I wonder some stuff.

Usenet’s been around in its current form since 1987! The problem for pirates is finding decent providers who serve binaries. I used to use Easynews as they had great retention and they seem to still be around.

Usenet is decentralised, but - as mentioned elsewhere - relies on a handful of providers to service the binary groups.

Your comment about speaking Austrian reminded me of one of my many visits to Germany. I was at the Oktoberfest in München and my group got chatting to a local, whereupon he proudly proclaimed: “Here… you are not in Germany; you are in Bavaria!” Made us chuckle :-)

Some Linux apps get cracked. The most recent that I’ve found which are mentioned in your post are the following: Autodesk.Arnold.MtoA.v5.4.5.0.for.Maya.2023-2025.Linux.x64-BONDYE Autodesk.Arnold.KtoA.v4.3.4.1.for.Katana.4.5-7.0.Linux.x64-BONDYE Autodesk.Arnold.HtoA.v6.3.4.1.for.Houdni.19.5-20.5.Linux.x64-BONDYE Autodesk.Arnold.C4DtoA.v4.7.7.1.for.Cinema.4D.2023-2025.Linux.x64-BONDYE Autodesk.Arnold.v7.3.4.1.Incl.SDK.Linux.x64-BONDYE Autodesk.Maya.v2025.Linux.x64-BTCRiSO

Obviously I won’t give links but I imagine you can find them on IRC etc. Couldn’t find Boris FX or Maxon releases.

qBittorrent here.

After Steam Deck 2, there will be Steam Deck 2 Episode 1.

Wow, how ableist

How so? There has to be a default, and with many applications it’s white rather than black. Personally, I like the dark themes that some applications now offer as it doesn’t offend my ageing eyes so much.

“You wouldn’t download a train”…

The site operator is non-responsive to ESA take-down notices and runs a backup version of the site at dodi-repacks.download.

Well, depending on where the website host is located, they may not need to comply. I wasn’t aware of the backup site mentioned above, though; maybe Dodi and FitGirl are one and the same? ;-)

EDIT: Grammar.

There is a torrent floating around but availability is 20.9% at the moment.

CODEX is defunct these days. I can’t seem to find a valid source of X-Plane at all at the moment.

Reported on The Register, too: https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/08/polish_trains_geofenced_allegation/

HOTD = Haiku of the Damned?

A lot of games where either not available at all or we had robots, green blood or missing assets in them.

We even had that problem in the UK with Carmageddon. It wasn’t a problem to locate the correct files, though!

I’ve been sailing the high seas, or at least skirting the shores, since the late 1980s when my classmates and I were swapping BBC Micro software on 5¼" disks! Moved onto PC in 1990 and carried on. I even cracked a few games back in the day :-) These days I don’t pirate so much, and I have quite a collection of legitimate music and software.