mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoValve seems to have quietly rolled out a major upgrade to their Anti-Cheat system and it’s apparently wrecking havoc on cheat providerslemmy.mlimagemessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1849arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1842arrow-down1imageValve seems to have quietly rolled out a major upgrade to their Anti-Cheat system and it’s apparently wrecking havoc on cheat providerslemmy.mlmr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square160fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 hours agoI mean, to me, this is amazingly obviously the goal. Games run better ~5% fps better now on Linux (when using a distro configured for gaming) than they do on Windows. As you say, last technical obstacle is kernel AC rootkits. Solve that, anyone still gaming on Windows is a MSFT fanboy, afraid of change, whatever. But they have very little actual solid reason to remain on Windows. Start getting people outta Windows for home PCs, it becomes basically just a shitty corpo OS. Rather, not OS… but ecosystem.
I mean, to me, this is amazingly obviously the goal.
Games run better ~5% fps better now on Linux (when using a distro configured for gaming) than they do on Windows.
As you say, last technical obstacle is kernel AC rootkits.
Solve that, anyone still gaming on Windows is a MSFT fanboy, afraid of change, whatever.
But they have very little actual solid reason to remain on Windows.
Start getting people outta Windows for home PCs, it becomes basically just a shitty corpo OS.
Rather, not OS… but ecosystem.