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Re:Epic Games Announce Full Easy Anti-Cheat Support for Linu... by zamadatix on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:17PM (#28634697)
This is a big step in gaming on Linux. One of the guys I play with regularly had a Windows install purely for EAC games.
Re:Epic Games Announce Full Easy Anti-Cheat Support for Linu... by boardwaalk on Thursday September 23, 2021 @06:01PM (#28636146)
So, uhh, how does EAC work on Linux? Do I have to let it sudo and insmod a kernel module…?
Re:Epic Games Announce Full Easy Anti-Cheat Support for Linu... by zodiakzz on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:25PM (#28634809)
Neat. I am pumped about Intel GPUs with official open source drivers for Linux. Exciting times ahead!
Re:Epic Games Announce Full Easy Anti-Cheat Support for Linu... by anfilt on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:02PM (#28638166)
Ughh don't trust the client! Why do games use bs like anti-cheat instead of running stuff server side.

Anti-cheat is spyware/malware in my opinion.

Re:Epic Games Announce Full Easy Anti-Cheat Support for Linu... by Anunayj on Saturday September 25, 2021 @04:48PM (#28656086)
Well there are some cheats that are purely cosmetic but can give a edge in certain gaming scenarios and are very hard to detect serverside. AntiCheats are basically security by obscurity, I don't think anyone should trust them, But I think running them in a VM isn't that bad of a deal?
Re:Epic Games Announce Full Easy Anti-Cheat Support for Linu... by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:53AM (#28639062)
I think running on the server would have a much higher cost. If you think about it, you are offloading the hardware cost onto the customer
Re:Epic Games Announce Full Easy Anti-Cheat Support for Linu... by hulitu on Friday September 24, 2021 @05:27AM (#28640242)
And as a plus you have access to all customer data (rootkit).
Re:Epic Games Announce Full Easy Anti-Cheat Support for Linu... by nitia on Friday September 24, 2021 @05:35PM (#28648102)
This... is not a good thing
Re:Epic Games Announce Full Easy Anti-Cheat Support for Linu... by Anunayj on Saturday September 25, 2021 @04:46PM (#28656073)
Why is it not? It brings software support to Linux, which I assume isn't a bad thing?