cyberpunk007
@cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console 19 hours ago:
Mines nearly 7 years old. Never ran cyberpunk with Ray tracing on nearly top end card of the time. Runs everything pretty well though
- Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin 20 hours ago:
There are other ways.
- Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin 1 day ago:
Good idea. Haven’t booted mine in years either.
- Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin 1 day ago:
At this point if you don’t want a custom built or Linux PC, I see apple as the corporate gold standard. Windows is a glued together heap of slow trash for a while now. So many bugs, removed features, and lots of other crap. Macos just works, it’s a lot cleaner and more integrated.
- Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin 1 day ago:
Too big to fail 😔
- Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin 1 day ago:
Just like we saw with xp/vista/7, then 7/8/10.
- Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin 1 day ago:
Honestly, we’re getting there. More and more people are asking and trying to learn. But we are a ways off from going to best buy and buying a framework laptop lol.
- Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin 1 day ago:
I think the worst two things about this are the impact on the environment and the data collection. If you’ve ever used chatgpt, have you ever asked it to divulge what it knows about you? 🫠
- Comment on They Wylin' 1 day ago:
What happened?
- Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 1 day ago:
At least the apple ecosystem all works. Androids full of shit that will never be fixed. Looking at Google cast in particular. There have been many others too.
Ive been using Android for more than a decade, fwiw
- Comment on I've heard New Yorkers are devastated 3 days ago:
Kid Rock makes music for people that beat their kids
- Comment on Windows 11 Finally Fixes "Update and Shut Down" Functionality After a Decade 1 week ago:
More bugs, less fixes.
- Comment on At this SF grocery store, you can't leave unless you buy something 1 week ago:
They can’t hold you hostage. Oh wait, it’s the USA . Maybe that’s legal now. I don’t know.
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 1 week ago:
This is like saying god exists with no proof lol. Sorry, if you have not inspected their traffic you cannot blindly say “oh it’s EA, they’re the good guys”. Too many times these greedy corps have double dipped. You really think it’s outside of the realm of possibility someone there has thought of double dipping?
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 1 week ago:
You need to learn the definition of “multi”, then.
- Comment on YouTube deleting videos documenting Israeli human rights violations 1 week ago:
Sally, host your own lol. I know it’s not the answer most are looking for but it’s the only viable option I see at this point.
- Comment on YouTube deleting videos documenting Israeli human rights violations 1 week ago:
Me too, but you’re still using YouTube. I think op means something like peertube
- Comment on YouTube deleting videos documenting Israeli human rights violations 1 week ago:
And this is why open platforms matter.
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 1 week ago:
You obviously know nothing about these two games lol. Yes they are multiplayer. Nightreign is also designed to primarily be played 3 players online at a time.
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 1 week ago:
Exactly. This is not a type I need. My kernel does not need to be invaded. It’s literally enabling spyware and you’d never know it.
Do I believe it? I don’t know. But it’s possible and I’d never know, so fuck that.
- ESEA Bitcoin miner incident (2013) In April 2013 ESEA (a third-party matchmaking + anti-cheat service) had a built-in bitcoin-miner component in their client. It was discovered by users in May. � XDA Developers +1 Because the ESEA client ran with high privileges (as a driver/anti-cheat style client), the mining component was harder to detect and harder to remove compared to normal user-mode software. � XDA Developers The company settled for a $1 M payout. � Lesson: Granting deep OS access to a client means if it goes rogue (or is malicious) you get real damage (mining, rootkit-like behaviour, etc). XDA Developers
- Riot Vanguard (for VALORANT) and related complaints Vanguard is the kernel-level anti-cheat used by Riot Games in VALORANT. � Wikipedia +1 It has drawn criticism for its always-running behaviour (some users report it loads at boot even before the game). � Gist +1 Some users report system instability (blue screens) after installation. � Lesson: Even if the anti-cheat isn’t malicious per se, because it’s so deep, any defect or compatibility issue can cause system-wide pain (crashes, instability). XDA Developers
- Theoretical/privacy risk: drivers acting like rootkits Academic work (“If It Looks Like a Rootkit…”) analyses KLAC and finds that some solutions behave very similarly to rootkits: intercepting kernel calls, hiding modules, monitoring broad system activity. � arXiv Articles note that allowing game companies to insert drivers at boot time that monitor “outside the game” sets a “potentially dangerous precedent”. � Lesson: Even when everything is “legal”, the architectural model has intrinsic risk: trusted code has extremely high privileges; if trust is misplaced (malicious dev, insider threat, compromise) you have huge exposure. How-To Geek
- Example of “residual services” / bad uninstall behaviour A Steam forum post (for game “Delta Force (2025 video game)”) reported that the anti-cheat driver “ACE-BASE / AntiCheatExpert” remained active even after game uninstall, caused conflicts, etc. � Lesson: When kernel-level drivers aren’t cleanly managed/uninstalled, they can linger as “shadow” privileged components, increasing risk surface. Steam Community
- Corporate/State concerns & data-privacy An article points out that KLAC by its nature has full system visibility (“what this means is that this type of spyware can exfiltrate sensitive information…”) and calls out potential misuse—especially worrying when combined with acquisitions or state-influence (e.g., the purchase of a KLAC-provider by a sovereign entity). � Lesson: Beyond just “can it crash my PC”, there’s question of what else the driver could observe (system activity, other processes, telemetry) and whether user has meaningful control.
- Comment on For those of you who enjoy open-world games, how big of a world is too big? 1 week ago:
The Witcher 3 and Elden ring were massive, and I enjoyed them because the world’s were beautiful, non repetitive, and dense with unique material.
- Comment on The Legend of Beavis 1 week ago:
That was so good
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 1 week ago:
I don’t play any of those.
My point is, there’s loads of great popular multiplayer games that don’t use garbage kernel level anticheat.
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 1 week ago:
You’re looking at it wrong. They need to not invade our kernel.
- Comment on ICE's 'Frightening' Facial Recognition App is Scanning US Citizens Without Their Consent 1 week ago:
Ok time for everyone to dress like I’ve agents then. Masks for all.
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 1 week ago:
Witcher 3? Never heard of it.
/s
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 1 week ago:
Interesting. I beat hollow knight on my Linux desktop years ago. And I’m currently playing through silksong on my steam deck. And you’re right. I’ve never seen this lol.
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 1 week ago:
Where’s my hype the time quest? I tried and it was a huge pain in the ass and I couldn’t fully get it working.
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 1 week ago:
Anticheat works fine. Just not the kernel level nasty ones. But that’s a good thing.
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 1 week ago:
Like Elden ring and nightreign? Hugely successful games. Play them all the time in Linux.