[Anunayj]

Atleast right now, most anticheat software aren't available for Linux, You need a Windows kernel for them to run.

This can however change as Steam plans to use SteamOS (based on Arch) as their primary OS on the SteamDeck.

[Rd6n6]

I hope they make it opt in. I don’t really want an anti cheat snooping around my Linux system without my knowing

[Anunayj]

yup, though since they will require administrative permissions, I don't think valve will go around making you install it unless you play the specific game. Also I don't really understand how GPLv2 and kernel modules work, but I wonder if AntiCheats would be forced to open source themselves? Probably not honestly.

Edit: If anyone wanna read Linus's thoughts on it [1]. TL;DR It's a legal gray area.

[1]. https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/gpl_modules.html

[29athrowaway]

And only a minority of games do require anticheat.