EA might be bringing its anti-cheat to Linux.

[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