Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward
by Sohcahtoa82 on Friday January 21, 2022 @03:33PM
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> All they really have left is DRM heavy gaming.
AFAIK, it's not the DRM that's a problem, it's anti-cheat. Cheat software needs to evade detection of both its install and execution, and anti-cheat has to be able to detect those. I imagine writing API emulation that works with anti-cheat is pretty difficult.
Now I'm curious about how anti-cheat could work in a Linux environment. Cheat software likely doesn't need root to benefit the player, but it will certainly need to run as root to avoid detection from the anti-cheat software which will definitely run as root.
Of course, Linux gamers are probably going to raise an eyebrow about a game component wanting root permissions, but how else are you going to detect cheats?
AFAIK, it's not the DRM that's a problem, it's anti-cheat. Cheat software needs to evade detection of both its install and execution, and anti-cheat has to be able to detect those. I imagine writing API emulation that works with anti-cheat is pretty difficult.
Now I'm curious about how anti-cheat could work in a Linux environment. Cheat software likely doesn't need root to benefit the player, but it will certainly need to run as root to avoid detection from the anti-cheat software which will definitely run as root.
Of course, Linux gamers are probably going to raise an eyebrow about a game component wanting root permissions, but how else are you going to detect cheats?