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Anti-cheat will still be one of the biggest problems for the new Steam Machine (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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Kernel-level anti-cheat feels like it's everywhere now, and will remain a thorn in Valve's side for the new Steam Machine powered by SteamOS Linux.

On Linux, there's no kernel-level mode available for anti-cheats like they would use on Windows. I know plenty of readers, and gamers across the net probably see it as a benefit due to privacy concerns, and that's fine - but it doesn't change what a lot of people want to play that can't.

This is something many bigger games simply don't want to pull away from including the likes of Call of Duty, Vanguard from Riot, EA Javelin for Battlefield and so on. While we do have some anti-cheat vendors that support Linux like Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye (and a few others), it's user-mode with no kernel-level and many developers really don't like that.

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[โ€“] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Client side anti-cheat is such a stupid idea anyway, it can always be bypassed and it is always going to annoy users. Just do better cheat detection server side like a sane person

[โ€“] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

But then how will they collect data so they can sell it to make even more money?