• chickenf622@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Per the article:

    But because many anti-cheat apps still aren’t compatible with Linux (hence, SteamOS), installing Windows on Steam hardware is currently the only way that gamers can enjoy titles that require them.

    So it looks like Valve is at least giving tools for running Windows on their hardware for those that really really want that kernel level malware, I mean anti-cheat, to play a certain game.

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        2 months ago

        Just think of using Windows as being a cuck who is fine with your kernel getting a train run on it, every day, every night, all the time.

        You literally don’t even know by how many, who they specifically are.

        But also, I’m sure its fine, no need for regular STD testing.

        … not that it would even be possible.

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      2 months ago

      I was talking to a couple of people about my positive experience faming on Linux since I switched recently, and one of them seemed really interested since he hates Windows.

      The other guy mentioned “But some games still don’t work. Certain multiplayer games have kernel-level anti-cheat that doesn’t work on linux.” and I saw the first guy visibly lose interest even though I would have bet money he was going to actually try linux before. So I asked him “Do you play competitive multiplayer games?” “No, not really.”

      The fact that linux can’t run every game is apparently a turn-off for some people, even if they aren’t games they want to play.

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        2 months ago

        The thing is that people don’t want to get that new game that that seems so fun to find out that it doesn’t actually work. Other games not working is seen as a sign of potential future trouble.

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          2 months ago

          The same people will generally accept that a ps4 game won’t play on an xbox etc. So it is a bit odd.

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            2 months ago

            That’s a bad analogy because 99% of the games that people play on steam machines will be Windows games, not Linux games. It’s an issue when you don’t know if a steam game will work on a steam machines, or any other PC game won’t work on your pc.

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                2 months ago

                It is when the reason they don’t work on Linux is because it doesn’t support kernel level anti-cheat.

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              2 months ago

              I mean, it’s pretty easy to know. They have an icon directly next to the game that says what it works on.
              You have just as much knowledge about if it’ll work as you do based on hardware requirements. Which is to say “none, unless you look at the place where they tell you”.

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        2 months ago

        Honestly, the kind of games that don’t run on Linux, I usually don’t want to play them anyway. Like League of Legends (shudders)

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      2 months ago

      Ironically, this is the way to do that. If you want to be more secure you only use Windows for those particular games and nothing else.

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        2 months ago

        If I had to give up everything that doesn’t work on Linux, I wouldn’t bother having a computer. FOSS is commie garbage.

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          2 months ago

          Are you a shitty bot or just a shitty troll? Every webservice you use is based on free/open software, without it you would be getting all the speed an reliability of Windows ME from your doom scrolling.

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            2 months ago

            Are you a dumb dumb or an idiot? Web serving is one of the simplest jobs a computer can have. -Why wouldn’t they choose the cheapest option? Wow… gonna block you because arguing with an idiot is a waste of time.