@emilyyoung @ShadSterling nodds in agreement

• Tho besides #Steam, #Lutris & #HeroicLauncher make most modern games without #malware in the form of "#ClientSideAnticheat" #Rootkits just work.

From experience the most problematic are early #Windows games from 1995-2005 with like very old DirectX versions or cursed setups where the game is #32bit but the #Installer is #16bit. (i.e. #PizzaSyndicate).

• Granted those games won't even install on #64bit - Windows machines anyway so they ain't smooth at all.

And whilst dedicated folks like @fuchsiii work on fixing these issues, we can all agree that people who play #Games that old may already have some dedicaded, legacy hardware at their disposal and wouldn't mind stuff like virtualization with passthrough to old PCI(e)-GPUs for their singleplayer games.

• Obviously I'd prefer more #native #Linux #games but unless they want to statically compile the game with all dependencies into one AppImage that's more daunting as #ProtonGE / #DXVK support.

Still, #LinuxGaming has come a long way since the days when I had to manually shove DirectX, .net Runtime, ms-corefonts and Gecko (as Internet Explorer replacement) into Wine and manually force Windows-#Steam to launch...

• And given #Valve's commitment with the "#GabeCube" and #SteamFrame things have moved in the right direction…

@emilyyoung precisely that because #Linux will win longterm just by not #Enshittifying and just treating users better…

• This isn't even like a hypothetical…

Also #LinuxGaming these days is easier, faster, less stressful and just overall better not just because #Valve actually cares, but because #developers and #maintainers of distros and the Linux community do.

• The only painpoints are some quirky games released ca. 1995-2005 that didn't see widespread popularity and need tweaks in #Wine & #DXVK to run at all (as @fuchsiii is dabbling with those) and #malware-laced crap under false pretenses like "#ClientSideAnticheat" that is specifically designed to not work on #Linux with #rootkits not dissimilar from #StarFORCE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-wyIalhdPU video via #MVG

@technadu After #CrowdStroke it should be clear that #CrowdStrike isn't a "trustworthy brand"...

• Granted everyone who thinks 3rd party #rootkits like CrowdStrike in a #CCSS #Govware masquerading as an #OS (#windows) is a valid security strategy should not be trusted even with a light switch or plastic fork.

also #npm sucks!