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Re:South Korea Passes Bill to Directly Punish Hack Makers by chei0iaV on Friday December 02, 2016 @11:19AM (#13089831)
> now, i won't put up with a closed code having to run as root. i gave up online gaming because of steam, which i consider a rootkit.

Since when does Steam need to run as root?

In a bit paranoid so I run Stream as a separate minimally-privileged user out of its own home directory, but "rootkit"? Come on...

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Re:South Korea Passes Bill to Directly Punish Hack Makers by gcb0 on Friday December 02, 2016 @02:03PM (#13091312)
on windows it runs as admin. never used on linux, but i wouldnt be surprised that your low user would be denied to play counter strike online
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Re:South Korea Passes Bill to Directly Punish Hack Makers by chei0iaV on Friday December 02, 2016 @07:59PM (#13093582)
I would. I'm sure I'd there was a game that required root privileges on Linux, I would have heard of it. Doubly so considering it apparently works well on wine.

I don't have CS and don't have any interest in buying it, but I'd welcome being proven wrong.

(I would be more apt to consider telemetry-era Windows a rootkit, personally :)

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