Microsoft has long wanted to get vendors out of the kernel. It’s a huge privacy/security/stability risk, and causes major issues like the Crowdstrike outage.

Most of those issues also apply to kernel anti-cheat as well, and it’s likely that Microsoft will also attempt to move anti-cheat vendors out of kernel space. The biggest gaming issues with steamOS/Linux are kernel anti-cheat not working, so this could be huge for having full compatibility of multiplayer games on Linux.

  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    8 hours ago

    they’re prioritizing kernel modifications that impact businesses.

    Hence why the gamers are moving into Linux.

    Being treated like a second class citizen after spending thousands of dollars on a hardware is a clown exercise.

    Or letting some creeps like Satya run the rig like his own 🤢