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.

According to the Steam store page, there's a Linux build planned. It will be interesting to see if that has any DRM.

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

And wants money to fund another crazy project...

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.

However, in the UK at least, the ISPs are required to log your activity and pass on to the relevant authorities if requested. Best to use an approved VPN to be sure.

AirVPN recommended here. Compatible with WireGuard and they have a Linux client, too.

Here.

They say they are a girl in the name they use, that’s good enough for me.

Well, good for you. Probably best not to worry about what others may or may not think.

Woman and girl also mean different things, especially to law enforcement.

My guy, I can’t believe I have to point this out, but FitGirl is a woman.

We actually don't know, as their identity has never been revealed. The 'FitGirl image' is of French actress Audrey Tautou.

Yes.

FitGirl only repacks; he doesn't defeat Denuvo. The only crackers within the last twelve months or so to crack Denuvo have been MKDEV and EMPRESS, both of whom are no longer active in the scene.

I used to torrent Linux ISOs, but lately I have been using the network image of Tumbleweed on a USB stick and installing over t'internet.

From a Linux user's point of view, Epic refuses to support Linux. They also refuse to support their own games using EAC on Linux (via Proton) despite EAC being Linux-compatible.

EDIT: Grammar.

I hope AirVPN can still stay in business. I also hope that other governments don't start getting ideas.