Many, many issues with the requirements here that essentially make this unusable for most Linux users. I really hope they don't force current EAC games to upgrade. I would also love to see companies like this actual give behavior-based AC the college try before resorting to shipping spyware.
> Signed Kernel and Kernel modules
Probably the most egregious. Why am I not allowed to compile my own kernel? Why do I have to get a kernel, and modules, from specific, approved, vendors?
> TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, Measured Boot
Also all impractical for most linux users.
> IOMMU
You may not spy on my memory, thank you very much. What's stopping Epic from taking snapshots and phoning home?
> Kernel Lockdown Integrity mode at boot time
Preventing root from doing root things for the sake of it. I mean, maybe this makes sense.
They're also trying really hard to make Linux distros that "don't support this" look like the bad guys. They encourage distro maintainers to reach out to work together on the requirements, but many distros are effectively excluded by default (Arch, Gentoo, NixOS, which I believe have most of the gamers, at least in the online spaces I chat in).
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Many, many issues with the requirements here that essentially make this unusable for most Linux users. I really hope they don't force current EAC games to upgrade. I would also love to see companies like this actual give behavior-based AC the college try before resorting to shipping spyware.
> Signed Kernel and Kernel modules
Probably the most egregious. Why am I not allowed to compile my own kernel? Why do I have to get a kernel, and modules, from specific, approved, vendors?
> TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, Measured Boot
Also all impractical for most linux users.
> IOMMU
You may not spy on my memory, thank you very much. What's stopping Epic from taking snapshots and phoning home?
> Kernel Lockdown Integrity mode at boot time
Preventing root from doing root things for the sake of it. I mean, maybe this makes sense.
They're also trying really hard to make Linux distros that "don't support this" look like the bad guys. They encourage distro maintainers to reach out to work together on the requirements, but many distros are effectively excluded by default (Arch, Gentoo, NixOS, which I believe have most of the gamers, at least in the online spaces I chat in).