It's not that Linux is less secure than Windows, rather the opposite. The anti-cheats in Windows run at the most privileged level (the kernel) as the most effective cheats will also be loaded as a kernel driver. It's the same in Linux - theoretically the cheats could be loaded as kernel drivers, but there is no anti-cheat in the kernel. Because Proton (the compatibility layer) doesn't implement the Windows kernel itself, rather provides an interface to interpret the system calls, there is no way to map the Windows kernel anti-cheats... Or something like that.SirGrim wrote: ↑Nov 09, 2023Is Linux less secure than windows?
I noticed one of the reviews mentioned how Fortnite, Destiny 2 and Warzone still can't be played on the Steamdeck and with some of these it's because the anti cheat system can't do what it wants to do in the OS and the the case of Destiny 2, there is a work around to force the game to work but it will get you banned by Bungie for bypassing the block they have to stop Steam OS gamers from playing Destiny 2
Basically Linux doesn't allow user space applications powerful kernel access like Windows does. This generally makes Linux more secure, because installing m4lw4r3.exe from a random site doesn't provide the application privileged access...
https://sam4k.com/whats-the-deal-with-a ... -on-linux/ is somewhat helpful as an explanation.
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