From a recent post from the vanguard team on valorants x/twitter they talked about banning and what they have been doing but also moving away from the kernel level anticheat maybe and using whatever microsoft is gonna use in user space and that they think others will be moving also out of the kernel at some point

What Jose “the3” Chavez said:

I know this was a lot of dense information at once. Windows has built all these features to help keep your machine safe from malware, and many cheats are effectively a form of malware with a game being the target. Microsoft has been developing these features to secure their operating system, and if they continue down this road, kernel level anti-cheats will no longer be necessary to secure your games. In fact, we can see Windows trying to move all third party applications out of the kernel entirely (as they begin to secure and sandbox everything). We’re sure most of you will never have to worry about these things though, since you’re all good-natured individuals who just wish to sit back and enjoy the game.

Who knows, if they go userspace, wine could implement whatever is needed or not who knows, only time will tell

well well well....

Microsoft has officially announced its intent to move security measures out of the kernel, following the Crowdstrike disaster a few short months ago. The removal of kernel access for security solutions would likely revolutionise running Windows games on the Steam Deck and other Linux systems.

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Hello

According to steam discussions, even on Windows some people cannot use mouse to move camera. So this mouse problem on Linux could be completely unrelated to SteamDeck=1 env variable. The fix for Windows users is to install Microsoft.GameInput, but is this also possible for Linux?

TL/DR : How good is Linux compatibility in 2024, for older games from the Windows 1.0 to 98 era?

[On a scale, 10 = Perfect; 0 = Impossible]

• I can use DOSBox for pure DOS games but some games from that era demand Windows (even though Windows was based upon DOS?) ... Example: Turok
• I can install Windows within DOSBox but that's two layers of emulation and I was hoping to install the game directly onto Linux to get as close to bare metal as possible
• Can Linux get the job done well enough in 2024? Any other tools to know besides Wine?

Thanks!

Was told this might be a better place to ask this, so a bit of a cross-post.

’d like to experiment with Linux after really not being a fan of the direction Microsoft is going in putting AI in anything. The main thing I use my computer for is gaming, so I was looking at Bazzite for starters. The issue is looking at the FAQ, it says it’s worse than Windows for gaming (compared to an AMD GPU). And i'm on a 4070ti, currently.

Mainly just curious if anyone else has had experience with this and knows how much worse it actually is? A recommendation for any other distro options that’d fit my needs would be appreciated as well, i’m completely new to Linux aside from looking at posts on and thinking “wow those look real cool, I want to do that!” I want to learn how to use it, but I don't know if Bazzite's the best choice for someone just starting out. Pop_OS and Linux Mint currently have my eye as other options.

Since the old post got taken down here's a tutorial, enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VUi5z51YJI

I'm not new to linux but I am new to gaming on a linux machine. I was hoping to get a lil help getting the ball rolling. I've looked up different tutorials but they tend to contradict each other in one way or another. If it'll help, here are the specs of the laptop I wanna use as my gaming rig for now:

Laptop Brand: ASUS Laptop Model: Tuf Gaming F17 (FX707ZC4-HX048WS) CPU: Intel Core i5-12500H iGPU: Intel Iris Xe Graphics dGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (4GB VRAM) RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 32GB Primary Storage: Generic Intel M.2 NVME 512GB Secondary Storage: WD Black SN770 M.2 NVME 1TB

I'm not expecting any miracles but I would like to squeeze every bit of power I can out of this thing and it feels like Windows is hobbling it.

Anyone else having issues with a crash that happens once an hour? Roughly? I'm on an ASUS TUFA16 Ryzen 7 7735HS 7700S running arch with the TKG kernel. I'm thinking the TKG kernel is the issue, but I only crash when I play with my buddies who are stateside, I'm in the middle east on deployment. If I play with randos, or solo I have no issues. Anyone run into this?? Any fix? I've verified files, only happens when on planet to. And no, it doesn't seem to matter to which planet either.

Hey, I am trying to get steamVR working on my fedora install to see how it vibes with games like vrchat if possible. I'm running fedora 40 KDE x11, I am using 2 monitors with different resolutions and refresh rates, and have the proton compat forced to proton GE 9-13. I also have the nvidia 560.35.03 driver installed, and steamvr is installed through steam like you would normally install it.

During the setup I just get a 307 error code and I have no display input into my headset at all, it's like it doesn't even recognize it as a device. Headset is a Valve Index.

Is there anything I'm missing? Or am I looking at doing some weird workaround like for rdr2 and running it from big picture mode?

I am trying to launch Need for Speed, everyone in ProtonDB says its working or they made some tweaks to fix it, but everything I try is just not working. EA App appears for a second and then dissapears. What should I do?

como ativa o ntsync meu kernel e meu wine os dois sao tkg so que eu estou confuso a o procedimento de ativalo

1. you need set _winesync="true" in .cfg for linux-tkg, build, install and loading on it
2. when you need set _use_fastsync="true" in .cfg for wine-tkg and build it
3. if you did everything correctly, then when you start the game in the output of the terminal or in the logs will appear wine: using fast synchronization.
4. to disable NTsync, set env var WINE_DISABLE_FAST_SYNC=1.

I played it on the first time I EVER used Linux. It wasn't even on my own computer, but it was great. Anybody else remember this game?

does SteamVR work on gnome x11?
I heared many things that it doesn't work because no drm leasing is implemented.
on the steam it says it works on x11 -> https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/18A4-1E10-8A94-3DDA

GTA Online running on Nobara for 10 mins straight without a kick. Rockstar can’t stop us.

Hello. I'm just a beginner into steam and modding. I just bought a steam deck recently and trying to run stalker anomaly using steam tinker launch. The guide says i need to set up something with protontricks but i click on the game, protontricks closes and gives an error message "Protontricks was closed due to the following error: Proton installation could not be found" So i don't know what to do TT.