I hope the anti-cheat issue is resolved soon. If hardware vendors can provide OS verification on Linux, then signed anti-cheat drivers can be loaded with more trust. Overall, I'm against kernel-level anti-cheat, but the reality of the situation calls for it for some popular competitive games.

January 29, 2026 - 01:47 UTC

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I can't imagine the Linux community ever embracing rootkits for the sake of optional entertainment. It's pretty much antithetical to the reason Linux exists in the first place.
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Yep, that'll never happen.
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The Linux community doesn't need to embrace it, hardware vendors (especially for gaming hardware) just need to standardize a way to verify the OS (which secure boot and TPM already help provide). Then, anti-cheat can be loaded using DKMS or user-space anti-cheat can just check for OS tampering.
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not to be pedantic, but Linux exists because Minix was too expensive and hard to tinker with
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