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Umm, is there anti-cheat that doesnt need a locked down OS and hardware? Dont understand what you are cheering for.
by aitchnyu 5y ago
Umm, is there anti-cheat that doesnt need a locked down OS and hardware? Dont understand what you are cheering for.
- Zambyte 5y agoYes, and the ones that don't have crazy requirements already work fine. Unfortunately a lot of people don't care about running malware (see: the % of people who still use Windows). Lots of those people would be more likely to switch if they could run their malware on GNU/Linux.
- trasz 5y agoHow does the anti-cheat malware suddenly stop being malware when run under Linux?
- ShrigmaMale 5y agoIt doesn't. User freedom means freedom to run malware, just as all choice implies the option to make a bad decision. In this case, it might increase adoption and so be a bad means to a good end.
- Zambyte 5y agoThey don't. People who are conditioned to want to run malware will be more likely to switch off they are able to run their malware of choice though.
- Kaze404 5y agoEAC already exists on Linux for Linux games. Only the Windows version is incompatible.
- Zhyl 5y agoI'm cheering because this will mean more people can use Linux as a daily gaming driver. I see that as a good thing, albeit with trade-offs.
- wyldfire 5y agoSteam deck could conceivably use a signed bootloader to provide some of the guarantees that an Anti-cheat is looking for. But regardless, Valve sounds committed to describing the steam deck as "still a PC [that you could put windows on]". For non-steamdeck Linux users, at least running on Linux shouldn't be a disqualifier for the Anti-cheat software.
- marcthe12 5y agoThere is efi secureboot and lockdown lsm. Maybe it will require both.