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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pro tip: don't install rootkits.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That unfortunately means, you can't play a lot of games. And for most people it's practically unknowable what the installer is doing, they don't expect a game to nuke their computer.

There needs to be accountability and a certain level of trust. Microsoft shouldn't allow kernel drivers for crap like anti cheat.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yet another reason to use Linux. You don't have to know weather the installer comes with a root kit, the installer will just fail ๐Ÿ˜Ž

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That's... not remotely true? Linux can absolutely install kernel drivers. If you mean running windows games under wine then sure, but then we're no longer talking apples:apples. You could do the same thing on windows by running a game in a VM.