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tfrancisl 1 hours ago [-]
Many, many issues with the requirements here that essentially make this unusable for most Linux users. I really hope they don't force current EAC games to upgrade. I would also love to see companies like this actual give behavior-based AC the college try before resorting to shipping spyware.
> Signed Kernel and Kernel modules
Probably the most egregious. Why am I not allowed to compile my own kernel? Why do I have to get a kernel, and modules, from specific, approved, vendors?
> TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, Measured Boot
Also all impractical for most linux users.
> IOMMU
You may not spy on my memory, thank you very much. What's stopping Epic from taking snapshots and phoning home?
> Kernel Lockdown Integrity mode at boot time
Preventing root from doing root things for the sake of it. I mean, maybe this makes sense.
They're also trying really hard to make Linux distros that "don't support this" look like the bad guys. They encourage distro maintainers to reach out to work together on the requirements, but many distros are effectively excluded by default (Arch, Gentoo, NixOS, which I believe have most of the gamers, at least in the online spaces I chat in).
pjmlp 52 minutes ago [-]
Even on Windows I don't install such games.
There are so many to chose from, even retrogaming content is more than I can play during my remaining lifetime.
tfrancisl 31 minutes ago [-]
Right, well, for me I ditched Windows entirely because every serious development workflow is way more involved and complex, performance is really poor, random weird bugs after mandated updates, and so on. The cherry on top is all of Valve and the open source folks work on Proton and gaming on Linux in general.
pjmlp 57 seconds ago [-]
All good and dandy, except Valve's failure to have studios target Linux, including games that already make use of compatible APIs, like those using Android NDK.
Thus Proton depends on Windows as source ecosystem, only yet another platform to "emulate" on Linux, like MAME, Amiga, Playstation, whatever.
pjmlp 2 hours ago [-]
Looking at those requirements, I doubt this will ever get that much adoption.
tfrancisl 1 hours ago [-]
And luckily, according to the article, Valve has no immediate intention of getting the Steam Deck to meet those requirements.
pjmlp 57 minutes ago [-]
The thing is, Android, iDevices don't do kernel drivers for apps.
Additionally macOS is transitioning to have only userspace drivers.
I suspect that eventually Microsoft will be pressured to do the same with the ongoing cyber security liability laws, and disasters like in 2024.
So will they only do consoles when it comes to it?
sylens 10 minutes ago [-]
It's clearly targeted at Linux servers for cloud gaming
> Signed Kernel and Kernel modules
Probably the most egregious. Why am I not allowed to compile my own kernel? Why do I have to get a kernel, and modules, from specific, approved, vendors?
> TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, Measured Boot
Also all impractical for most linux users.
> IOMMU
You may not spy on my memory, thank you very much. What's stopping Epic from taking snapshots and phoning home?
> Kernel Lockdown Integrity mode at boot time
Preventing root from doing root things for the sake of it. I mean, maybe this makes sense.
They're also trying really hard to make Linux distros that "don't support this" look like the bad guys. They encourage distro maintainers to reach out to work together on the requirements, but many distros are effectively excluded by default (Arch, Gentoo, NixOS, which I believe have most of the gamers, at least in the online spaces I chat in).
There are so many to chose from, even retrogaming content is more than I can play during my remaining lifetime.
Thus Proton depends on Windows as source ecosystem, only yet another platform to "emulate" on Linux, like MAME, Amiga, Playstation, whatever.
Additionally macOS is transitioning to have only userspace drivers.
I suspect that eventually Microsoft will be pressured to do the same with the ongoing cyber security liability laws, and disasters like in 2024.
So will they only do consoles when it comes to it?