EA might be bringing its anti-cheat to Linux.

[itsfoss@mastodon.social]

EA might be bringing its anti-cheat to Linux.

Good News! EA Is Expanding Its Anti-Cheat to ARM64, and Linux Could Be Next

Javelin, their kernel-level anti-cheat solution, might be heading to Linux.

It's FOSS (itsfoss.com)

#linux #linuxgaming

[joonq@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss microslop being so bad that big gamefirms have to stop bullying linux? Damn

[swampputty@infosec.exchange]

@itsfoss to be honest, this is the worest news yet.
i dont want big coprate companies supporting Linux (besides Gabe aka Valve)
what does EA out of all companises bring to the table really.
sounds like they ain't gettibg enough data and control out of #microslop

[swampputty@infosec.exchange]

@joonq you get it!

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

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[fractilegames@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@itsfoss I understand this is good news for people wanting to play multiplayer games but the thought of EA anti-cheat software running on my Linux PC does not bring me a warm and fuzzy feeling.

[krnlg@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss
Kernel level anti-cheat should not exist, especially if proprietary. You should not be required to install spyware to play a game. Cheaters exist, this isn't the way to deal with it. It's the equivalent of doing mass surveillance of everybody because some people are criminals.

[itsfoss@mastodon.social]

@joonq fr ️

[itsfoss@mastodon.social]

@krnlg Age verification also does something similar, btw, if you draw a parallel.

[itsfoss@mastodon.social]

@fractilegames yeah, understandable

[vivekanandanks@mstdn.social]

@itsfoss
(1/3)
This poses some problems since it's going in the kernelspace. I think at this point we should have parallel kernels running like virtualisations or like this one :
https://github.com/multikernel
(The Linux, kerf etc repos in this)

As like always the community will come up with a method to solve this I hope
But there's an OS which have a feature to potentially solve these. It's NixOS.
#linux #kernel #ea #anticheat #vm #virtualisation

#multikernel
#multikerneltechnologies

[vivekanandanks@mstdn.social]

(2/3)
NixOS have this feature called specialisation which is used for some minor/major alterations to ur OS config at boot entry. So that u don't have to dual boot 2 #Linux OS for different purposes. Eg: One for normal use, one for gaming/whatever purpose
The customisation difference could be changing from apps to even kernels if u wish.
The most awesome thing is it won't take extra storage like running 2 os. It only takes extra space for the extra config/apps u add.
#nix #nixos #specialisation

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@SwampPutty @itsfoss This sounds like a concious corporate business decision. Jumping on the Linux bandwagon before it's to late, now that Valve has the largest slice of the pie. Make green line go brrrrr!!!!

[vivekanandanks@mstdn.social]

(3/3)
IMO it's one such really underrated feature of the NixOS. Imagine same #OS but very little extra storage for a different setup like #gaming, office, #mobile OS(in future maybe) etc all without dual or triple booting multiple OS
More such use cases too. Like I want a specialisation with #cachyos #linux #kernel some options tweak for performance use case etc etc

Power of #declarative OS. And it's just one of the features of this awesome OS. The ecosystem is growing too

#nix #nixos

[ridethewildrover@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss Are you telling me I might soon be able to install kernel level code developed by a Saudi owned company? Sign me up! /s