I'm sure this company is more focused on the enterprise angle, but I wonder if the buildout of support for remote attestation could eventually resolve the Linux gaming vs. anti-cheat stalemate. At least for those willing to use a "blessed" kernel provided by Valve or whoever.

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devsda 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Somebody will use it and eventually force it if it exists and I don't think gaming especially those requiring anti-cheat is worth that risk.

If that means linux will not be able to overtake window's market share, that's ok. At-least the year of the linux memes will still be funny.

	▲	digiown 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That'd be too bad. Sometimes, I feel like the general public doesn't deserve general purpose computing.

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direwolf20 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Only by creating a new stalemate between essential liberty and a little temporary security — anticheat doesn't protect you from DMA cheating.

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jsheard 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I might be behind on the latest counter-counter-counter-measures, but I know some of the leading AC solutions are already using IOMMU to wedge a firewall between passive DMA sniffers and the game processes memory.

e.g. https://support.faceit.com/hc/en-us/articles/19590307650588-...

	▲	direwolf20 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I think they use hardware IDs of devices with IOMMU-incompatible drivers.

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rcxdude 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I sincerely hope not.