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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/ruslan-isaev on 2026-08-17 18:40:50+00:00.

Hello everyone. This is the confession of a pirate who has started down the path of reform, hahaha. Back when I was still a Windows user, I used to pirate. I pirated for more than 10 years. There were plenty of reasons for that. On Windows it’s easier to pirate, I had no money, and I had no conscience either, hahaha. Later I got interested in information security, and I started to get scared by the fact that pirated games could contain malware. Some time after that (about a year ago) I switched from Windows to Linux. On Linux it became much harder for me to pirate (you know, that eternal struggle with Wine). And the viruses kept scaring me. At one point I gave up and downloaded Steam. And that was it first I bought GTA San Andreas: The Definitive Edition, then Hearts of Iron 4. Right now my Steam collection has 5 games (2 of them are other versions of GTA that came bundled with San Andreas, haha). What I liked most was the ability to install games without any pain - through Steam Proton. And I stopped pirating. Thanks for taking the time to read my story, have a nice day everyone.