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Re:Why Linux is now my primary OS going into 2022 by pdimitar on Saturday January 01, 2022 @12:29PM (#29760545)
Your point 2 is what actually terrifies me. If Steam tries to push rootkits on my Linux machine, I'll uninstall it immediately and will be heartbroken.

Hopefully they make all the "anti-cheat" software optional though. Here's to hoping.

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Re:Why Linux is now my primary OS going into 2022 by alkonaut on Saturday January 01, 2022 @01:57PM (#29761410)
They could and should make it optional. But obviously when switched off one could only play in single player mode.
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Re:Why Linux is now my primary OS going into 2022 by pdimitar on Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:05PM (#29761495)
That's completely fine by me.

What would be even better is if the anti-cheats on Linux are not rootkits at all but I am pretty sure the AAA companies won't put that much attention to detail. To them Linux is just another sales funnel.

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