Comment on What are your experiences using Linux for gaming?
CubitOom@infosec.pub 4 days ago
All my games work, however I avoid games that require kernel level root kits to run so your mileage may vary.
If you ever have an issue with a game running under proton. Look up the game in ProtonDB and make sure to use the filter to match your hardware.
termus@beehaw.org 3 days ago
I get avoiding those games on principal… but is there any harm that can come from playing those through Linux?
CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 days ago
Its a kernel level rootkit, so if you have that installed your computer is no longer yours. They could in theory, read your RAM and use it to read encryption keys and have full access to your system and you would never know.
termus@beehaw.org 3 days ago
A kernel level rootkit for windows though. What is it going to have access to in Linux? Isn’t it just reading Proton’s windows files that are created for each game ran through it?
CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 days ago
You may be right, but I don’t know enough about proton to say it’s a well isolated sandboxed environment. I’d rather not have it on my PC at all.
verdigris@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
They won’t run on proton. “Kernel-level” means it’s well below the level that Proton runs at.