Comment on Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 day agoCurrently kernel-level anti cheat isn’t available for Linux, so games that are released with multiplayer support don’t require it (e.g. games that enable Linux support in EAC).
If kernel-level anti cheat is supported by Valve, many of those games will start requiring it. So if you don’t want kernel stuff, there’s a real chance this development will reduce the number of available games in the future.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 20 hours ago
Yes but if linux gets popular those games will get linux cheaters and will be pressured to do something.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Not sure I understand - games with kernel-level anti cheat also still have cheaters.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 6 hours ago
I’m aware but games and players still want a strong anti cheating solution. There is no protection currently on linux for cheating.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
First, it’s not true that there’s no protection - various anti-cheat solutions do support Linux.
Second, “strong” solutions still let through cheaters, because client-side anti cheat is an inherently unwinnable cat-and-mouse game. It’s better for everyone to block kernel-level AC and instead force better backend solutions.