Quoting: LestibournesI wonder, since Valve is now the OS vendor, if it can't implement its own kernel-level anticheat and let the game devs or anticheat devs make use of it.

https://ebpf.io/ [External Link]

Yes they can. Or, they can roll their own kernel level support. It wouldn't stop the cheaters, just like it doesn't stop them on Windows. However, a one size fits all solution from Valve that doesn't hand over super user controls to each game dev, I'm sure would be more acceptable to security conscious Linux users. This is what Microsoft has been promising for decades, especially after the recent CrowdStrike blunder. I'm sure Windows users will never see it though.

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I don't think it matters what anti cheat solutions Valve implements. They can already compile their kernel with eBPF(https://ebpf.io/ [External Link]) support. Then each game could dynamically program (or Valve could) the kernel for anti cheat. Okay, but that doesn't happen, as of yet. That's because, as game devs have stated, they just can't battle the cheaters on two fronts. Maybe one day Valve will offer a compelling solution that reduces the load of the game devs. I doubt it though, it's PC, so no matter the eco system, Windows or Linux, it's a free-for-all by design. As long as these games do peer 2 peer match making and hosting, I don't think any of this will change.

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Day 1 buy.

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The container acts like a regular distro so you can sudo apt install or sudo pacman -S and changes will survive unlike docker.

Docker does the same. Just don't purge the container. They are all different ways of working with containers. Containers work the same.

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Valve needs to drop the GabeCube2. If you could buy the GC2 in the brick and mortar stores, especially now with the Windows debacle going on currently. It's a good time for Valve to grab some easy market share.

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Already switched to Pop_OS! Beta. No reason to switch back.

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i was wondering when or if this was ever gonna release.

You can follow the progress here: PopOS progress [External Link]

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Switching this weekend.

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>I tried learning machine language at one point but found it incomprehensible.

Eventually you get used to all the opcodes. But really it's much easier when you assign mnemonics to the opcodes. You probably would have had better luck if you learned the Assembly Language for each of those processors instead of going straight to machine language. Can't blame you though.

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What if they're cooking something else we have no idea about?

Okay okay, you don't have to sell me on it. I already said I'm going to buy it already.

*Insert Tobi McGuire SpiderMan meme*

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