Begun the kernel wars have

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• tourist@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Does anti-cheat even work?

  kernel or no

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• elvith@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Soooo, you’re telling me, that if I want to use a NVIDIA graphics card in Linux, I am not allowed to load its official driver’s kernel modules unless I either deactivate secure boot or generate my own signing key and load it into the UEFI, as otherwise this would make the kernel untrusted. But on windows every $random_game_publisher is allowed to run at kernel level without it being considered untrusted?

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• LSNLDN@slrpnk.net ⁨29⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  As someone who will likely need to move to Linux after windows 10 goes dark can anybody ELI5 or maybe a little older, TIA

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  • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    These games won’t run on Linux.

    They do this to prevent cheaters, and it is effective. Some people who have no problems running any other executable that can do just as much damage believe this load on boot style is too invasive.

    I wouldn’t mind this feature dying so I could play on Linux though.

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    • pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨minute⁩ ago

      load on boot INTO THE KERNEL is the main issue… this isn’t “just another executable”

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  • sirico@feddit.uk ⁨18⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    This is windows, So Valorant is running its anticheat stopping Battlefields anti-cheat from starting up. Meaning you will have to pick one game as they all seem to start from boot though other sources have said the games have to be running.

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• jago@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  *its settings.

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• Carighan@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ahahahaha. 😂 That is just brilliant. The kernel anti-cheat deadlock.

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  • Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No no deadlock was that weird moba valve put out and supported for a whooping 2 months

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    • systemglitch@lemmy.world ⁨45⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      They are no longer supporting it?

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• DivineDev@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  or adjust it is settings

  Good job EA

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• 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Isn’t Microsoft about to block kernel modules like this entirely? I thought I read that somewhere

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  • fartsparkles@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nope. They’re developing an alternative set of APIs in conjunction with security vendors for their products to use but it’s all still a long way off and will be optional to start with.

    Given the volume of mission-critical devices security products are installed on (which the CrowdStrike fuckup highlighted), getting them out of kernel space would be a huge risk reduction for the world.

    But an anticheat used by consumers on their personal devices for a game, not such a big deal.

    While I’m sure MS will eventually deprecate and then kill off third party kernel drivers, it could take a decade since MS has so much business (both internal and within their customer base) that relies on legacy crap.

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    • four@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yep, they’re planning to create a new way to do it, not disable the old way.
      And I think that a decade for disabling the old way is optimistic

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  • sirico@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, to stop another CrowdStrike, but it’s not a sure thing, yet there’s talk of api’s etc and wouldn’t surprise me if certain companies got a pass.

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    • Korne127@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I hope so much that this will happen.

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• Skipcast@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This only happens if you’re running both games at the same time. Still not great but not as bad as it looks.

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  • Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Are ya sure? Valorants anti cheat is always on

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    • Carighan@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It uses an anti-cheat that is loaded while the game is not? What is this and why is anybody playing it at all? O.o

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    • Skipcast@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes. I don’t have the source unfortunately but @AntiCheatWard on Twitter confirmed it

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• Aielman15@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Hello, fellow Rainmeter user with Mond skin.

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  • sirico@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Not my screenshot but rainmeter is awesome

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    • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨28⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      This clock is available in Linux with KDE as a simple widget, without any external software

      (Sorry I had to bring it up)

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