Meta Is Using the Linux Scheduler Designed for Valve's Steam Deck on Its Servers

Re:Meta Is Using the Linux Scheduler Designed for Valve's St... by eqvinox on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @08:00PM (#46371296)

That's not a SAK, you can disable it with setxkbmap. A SAK is on purpose impossible to disable, and it exists on Linux: Alt+SysRq+K.

Unfortunately it doesn't take any display server into consideration, both X11 and Wayland will just get killed.

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Re:Meta Is Using the Linux Scheduler Designed for Valve's St... by roblabla on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @10:00PM (#46371964)

There are many a ways to disable CTRL+ALT+DEL on windows too, from registry tricks to group policy options. Overall, SAK seems to be a relic of the past that should be kept far away from any security consideration.

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Re:Meta Is Using the Linux Scheduler Designed for Valve's St... by IshKebab on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @04:22AM (#46373966)

There shouldn't be any non-privileged ways to disable ctrl-alt-del.

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