Quoting: a0kamiThis indeed brings the question on future multiplayer games targetting Linux.
We need efficient models/processes/methods to prevent cheating by design in multiplayer games to come.

That may be true, but it sounds like right now, the Linux kernel itself is partially the blocker. Even if a specific kernel version was required, there would need to be additional tweaks added (and accepted) into the kernel to prevent users from running/writing programs that use the BPF VM within the kernel, for example.

That seems intense, but there are a few Windows AntiCheats that also require the user to disable certain Windows features just to use them. FaceIT requires that HyperV be disabled to utilize the anti-cheat in the CS:GO client. Basically that means, no VMs, no Docker, no WSL2, and no Application Isolation when running CS:GO on a server using FaceIT.

Anti-Cheat vendors basically would prefer that PCs running their ACs become console-like in user access

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Quoting: Samsai

Quoting: Lancabanwith everything saifd about the Linux kernel and different versions and hackabiltiy etc. yet it plays on Android, even on 3rd party Roms and Kernels just fine.

Would that not have the same exact issues and from a significantly larger player base than desktop Linux users?

Right now I can take my phone, root it, throw on a different Rom, and even use a different customized kernel, and still play Fortnite. This has been done, proven, viewed, tested, and seems to be OK.

Theoretically yes. I think the overriding issues are that Android is a market big enough to take the risk and generally speaking tech illiterate enough that the likelihood of someone installing a custom ROM to cheat in Fortnite is so unlikely, that it doesn't register as a realistic risk.

From everything I've read, they do try to prevent custom ROMs from playing the game. Even when those Custom ROMs do get it running, they have to have root disabled, play services must be installed, and safetynet must pass its checks, among other things.

So, it still requires a fairly locked down Android OS to run the game.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleOn GoG you can get games with no DRM.

On Steam you can get games with DRM.

On NFT platforms you get just the DRM.

On Steam you get games, some with DRM, some without DRM.

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Quoting: scaineExciting, but I don't hold out much hope for their success. If a company like Canonical couldn't justify making 10 years worth of Unity development stick, I doubt System76 will somehow make it work either.

Unlike Canonical, who had to split their team between Desktop and Server, System76 has the capability to focus purely on the Desktop experience. Additionally, System76's primary revenue doesn't come from support contracts for software, but from Hardware sales, so Pop!_OS also isn't the revenue driver, but supports the revenue generating hardware sales.

QuoteI'm still happy to use Pop as a base for KDE though. It's a really slick foundation. The Pop shop is superb and I've never experienced a crash since using them.

They have already note they will be using GTK for the DE. Simply because there is more GTK tooling available and it's easier to find developers that have experience with GTK.

QuoteOnly contender? You're joking, right!? KDE is superb, XFCE was excellent last I tried. Budgie is slick as hell. Cinnamon? Mate? We're tripping over DE's that absolutely rock - functional, beautiful, varied desktops that only look as much like Windows as you actually want.

Cinnamon (and Mint) has many issues unique to that DE. So much so that the Lutris project has dropped community support for Linux Mint and Cinnamon due to the amount of issues they were having to monkey patch just for them (I.E. they won't fix issues specifically related to that distro or DE).

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Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: HoolyI am excited to see what Pop!_OS will do in 21.10

Exactly my tought! Pop_OS! 21.10 incoming!

The Pop!_OS 21.10 beta is available now. I think it's been available for several days.

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Quoting: scainePulseaudio 15 is now weirdly "meh", now that the world has re-focused on Pipewire instead. I suppose Pipewire still leverages PA under the hood though?

And yeah, looking forward to Pop_OS 21.10 now, albeit, I take their improvements with a pinch of salt these days, given that I'm a bit of a KDE convert!

I believe Pipewire has interfaces for both PulseAudio and Jack.... though I can't remember if that's PA -> PW or if it was for using applications expecting PA/Jack with PW.

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This is what I get when I try to click any of the links.

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As far as I can tell, all the links are broken

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Quoting: sourpuzHmmmm. I like PopOS a lot but I'm not sure about this. Another desktop, especially another Gnome derivative/fork? I kinda think they should focus on other aspects of the Linux user experience, there's enough variety when it comes to desktops. Ah well, I know I'll give it a try sooner or later.

It's not a derivative or fork. Unlike most other alternatives DE's, this is just a pair of GNOME extensions that sit on top of GNOME Shell and can be disabled if you don't like them.

They actually put out a blog post explaining their decisions (based on feedback and polling of their users): https://blog.system76.com/post/655369419513544704/how-we-arrived-at-the-popos-cosmic-design

EDIT: Post the correct link

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Quoting: Avehicle7887While a Linux version is welcome, I refuse to buy a game which has DLC before it is even finished. Maybe I'll have a change of heart when the game is on a heavy discount.

I work in software development and this is quite normal. If developers wait until "everything is completed", then chances are they'd run out of money before that ever happens. Software dev is expensive and Game Dev can be even more expensive.

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