Epic Games is hiring new employees for Linux anti-cheat which could revitalise multiplayer on Linux distros

7 days ago by sanitation to c/pcmasterrace

Fortnite studio Epic Games is seemingly looking to expand Linux support for Easy Anti-Cheat with new job listings.

This will take the form of kernel level anticheat though. No thanks.

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agentTeiko 12 points 6 days ago

That's the thing I don't ever see Linus approving a merged request to add a kernel level anti-cheat (rootkit) into the Linux kernel. So they will have to come up with another way. Also at this point kernel level anti-cheat doesn't even work anymore. It's like the TSA its their to make people (investors) feel safe but really does very little to stop the thing it's meant to and Inconvenience and annoy legit customers. Just like with DRM and pirates.

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iturnedintoanewt 3 points 6 days ago

I mean, didn't the nvidia private driver need to be added by recompiling the kernel? They could just install it like that right? Not that i approve of it, but i think there is a way.

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agentTeiko 1 point 5 days ago

True but they can be a version compatibility nightmare. Plus part of that being recompiled in means the non blob bits are open source in this case GPL and MIT. A anti cheat would not want that to be open source as it would be a cat and mouse game with the cheaters having an open book.

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