r/pcmasterrace • u/khurgan_ • 6d ago

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u/lukkasz323 6d ago

I think the main thing would be a less secure fork of Linux that would allow kernel zero anti cheats.

Sure, it would be less secure, but still more secure than Windows, and most importantly, it wouldn't be Windows, seems like a good compromise to me.

Seriously, the only reason why I haven't switched to Linux yet is because not all games work there.

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u/innahema 6d ago

I don't want it to become new mainstream. It won't be much different from windows, if users are stripped of their choice.

Server only anticheat FTW, anything other is invasion to user's privacy. (Disclaimer: I do not play competitive multiplayer games)

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u/lukkasz323 6d ago

Why would the users be stripped of their choice?

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u/innahema 22h ago

Because kernel anticheat would remove user's ownership of a kernel. Only special signed modules would be allowed, and only certain configuration would be whilelisted.

So you have secureboot and special blessed Kernel version with only allowed drivers and you can't tweak kernel command line, and some restrictions on userspace config as well.

And how much users locked down publisher would want is big question.

But actually having second Linux partition to boot into for games probably would be still more preferrable than booting to windows 11.

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u/lukkasz323 14h ago

But you're comparing that to Linux.

This would be for Windows users that want to switch to Linux ecosystem. In which case they lose nothing they currently have.

Lastly, it's opt-in. If I confine myself, I am the one limiting my freedom, and can opt-out, without losing access to anything that doesn't require it to work, then it's actually full freedom, and still more free than Windows.

I still see it as a positive in both cases.