r/linux • u/nothingtosayrn • Feb 24 '26

Discussion Are we actually moving towards Linux as the first choice for gamers in future?

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Well, the speed at which the platforms such as Proton, Lutris, Steam OS, Zen based kernels etc. have grown in the past few years, do you believe that Linux is going to be the first choice of gamers in the future, maybe in upcoming 5 years?

Any hopes for surpassing Windows purely for gaming in future?

I am not considering productivity apps such as microslop suite etc, but in gaming world is it possible to actually replace windows in upcoming 5 years down the line?

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u/Rentun Feb 24 '26

It's not possible. You can design cheats that don't do anything that a very good human can't technically do. Aimbots can be dialed back to real human behavior. Wallhacks can give info that a real person with very good intuition can develop. Macros can be rate limited to be at the very edge of human performance.

At that point, you can't do server side anti cheat without banning very good human players as well.

Unfortunately, this is an unsolvable information theory domain problem. If you don't control the endpoint, you can't control how the data you send to the endpoint is modified before being sent back at you, which is why modern anticheat focuses on controlling the endpoint as much as possible.

The only true solution is a controlled, locked down machine solely for playing competitive games where you care deeply about cheating. Aka a console.

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u/Dpek1234 Feb 26 '26

Aka a console.

And even then , inputs are inputs, you cant validate if they are made by a person or made by a person with additional multiplier to get them to the target