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'There are no plans to drop support for SteamOS': The Finals devs commit to Steam Deck and Linux players despite new kernel-level anti-cheat | PC Gamer (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

All the big anti cheat systems offer Linux (Proton) compatibility. It's not kernel level on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

doesn't that mean it's functionally useless?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mean, there are cheats that work on kernel level anti cheats. They have always been useless.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Its able making the barrier of entry so high that the game isnt flooded with cheaters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

well then.