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Goodbye to Roblox on Linux with their new anti-cheat and Wine blocking:
You might have seen recently that I covered the upcoming updates for Roblox*, and now it's here blocking Wine with their new anti-cheat. This means you won't be able to play it on Linux any more, at all, unless you find some sort of special workaround.
Previously the roll-out of this update was being tested only with some users. Now though it's here for everyone giving a 64 bit client and introducing their Hyperion anti-cheat software which they are intentionally blocking Wine with. Naturally plenty of Roblox fans on Linux are upset by this, asking their team for updates on what their plans are.
In a fresh statement on their official developer forum one of their staff said this, in reply to users asking about updates in regards to Linux support:
Hi - thanks for the question. I definitely get where you're coming from, and as you point out, you deserve a clear, good-faith answer. Unfortunately that answer is essentially "no."
[...] Again, I'm personally sorry to have to say this. Way back in 2000 I had a few patches accepted into the kernel, and I led the port of Roblox game servers from Windows to Linux several years ago. From a technical and philosophical perspective, it would be a wonderful thing to do. But our first responsibility is to our overall community, and the opportunity cost of supporting a Linux client is far, far too high to justify.
They're clearly not going to be releasing a Native Linux build, which I think most people probably already knew, but at least previously they repeatedly said that Wine was a "priority" to support but now it doesn't sound as likely going by the above.
What is Roblox? Roblox is an app that allows users to play a wide variety of games, create games, and chat with others online. It combines gaming, social media, and social commerce. Billing itself as the “ultimate virtual universe,” Roblox experiences are places where users can socialize, build their own spaces, and even earn and spend virtual money.
Apparently, it is very "popular with kids".
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday May 16, @07:05PM
I've heard it said, "Getting old isn't for the faint of heart". Some variation thereof definitely applies to parenting. What's more, just because you had an easy time with kids 1-5 doesn't mean kid 6 won't give you a run for your money. Every kid is their own person and will challenge you in different ways.
Baseball cards and even the more predatory card trading games were never as bad as the in-app-purchase heaps of garbage. If only due to the fact that you actually got a product that you could later sell. I'm not a fan of the toy "blind bags" that are ever so common nowadays, either. Wife and I would get the Lego mini-figure "blind bags". The last series was the final one they're doing in the bags, though, they're switching to cardboard boxes, just like the rest of their sets. The problem with the box is that you can't tell what's in it. With the Lego "blind bags" / Lego series mini-figures, you could look for X thing that was unique, feel for it, and fairly consistently get what you want. All that said, I've definitely bought my fair share of baseball cards. Not anytime in the past 25+ years, though.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"