Hey @dansup, I just had to record my screen in order to share a video I saw on @loops with a friend. You're probably drowning in work, but sharing posts via URL is important for growth IMO.

I started regularly donating about a year ago. I am now supporting 8 different projects with 20,77€ per month, and it didn't hurt at all.

Why pay for something free? Because free software only exists because other people already paid for it. Someone has to do it. It's time to do your part!

If you can afford a subscription service, then you probably can afford a little donation, too. Start with 0.1% of your income.

Check out @Liberapay or @opencollective

#FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

@raptor85 @YoSoyFreeman While I don't disagree, game developers have repeatedly brought up the argument that (1) Linux makes it easy to cheat and (2) Linux makes it hard to prevent cheating.

Is this even true, I wonder? Because while cheating is certainly not impossible on Windows or on consoles, like you said, I would naively believe that surely it must be harder due to their locked down and proprietary nature.

@YoSoyFreeman I have already been convinced that matters are not as simple as I thought, but let me say these things for the sake of debate:
1. While human monitoring is certainly effective, it still causes false positives and is labour intensive.
2. Conventional anti cheat software poses a security risk, yes. However, I still believe that a well designed security mechanism in the Kernel could hinder cheating and improve application security outside of gaming at the same time.

This is going to be an unpopular opinion, but we need kernel level anti cheat in Linux.

Hear me out: The kernel has access to everything, right? Therefore there is nothing stopping kernel code from reading the games' memory and moving the mouse to perfectly aim at your opponent, or drawing an overlay which lets you see through walls.

Nothing, except mayyybe other kernel code in the form of an anti cheat module. *

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@BeAware Maybe people just disabled replies on their timelines.