Borderlands 2 is free to claim on Steam for the next two days
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Not in general. Typically, games with kernel level drm or anticheat just didn't work at all.
Borderlands 2 specifically has a native Linux version though, and it may or may not abuse this fact. It isn't run in a sandbox-like environment like Windows games that run through proton, but according to protondb it does run through proton? In any case yes, it's probably better than running it on Windows.
Yes, support for Borderlands 2 continued long after it was clear that Steam Machines weren't taking off, which means it's on a newer version than the Linux native one that Aspyr ported. You can still run the Linux native version, but if you want to play with your Windows friends or just get access to all the DLC, you need to run it through Proton.
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Good thing
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ļø'd copies exist of before the malware.But how do you play with friends again
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It also requires root level access and is listed as such in their TOS.
People seem to not understand how TOS works. The game exe does not request admin permissions at all. There is no kernel level anticheat. It does not install Battleye or EAC or anything of the sort.
The TOS is not specific to this game. It just means there is at least one game by Take Two Interactive that requires this (though when I skimmed through I couldnāt find mention of it).
The game has not been updated since 2022 and I highly doubt it will get any more.
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Be sure to claim it before the offer ends.
We should have the Lenny version of a subreddit where we just post what games are free this week
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Yes everyone go and claim your free spyware so whiny bitchford can data mine your PC.
Out of the loop. What did gearbox do that time?
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But how do you play with friends again
Hitachi
But wait, does it even work anymore?
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We should have the Lenny version of a subreddit where we just post what games are free this week
Signing up for revolution
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Technically, yes. WINE/Proton aren't sandboxed so it would be possible to pull some information at least. I've heard people install the flatpak version of Steam to isolate network calls using flatseal, so that's one workaround potentially.
NOTE: I'm just talking about generic data collection. The DRM/anti-cheat stuff could flag you as using Linux and then the game just refuses to run. I know the new ToS talked about banning VMs so maybe they lump linux users into that (at least for online play).
Even on MacOS?
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We should have the Lenny version of a subreddit where we just post what games are free this week
We have one
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Be sure to claim it before the offer ends.
Don't claim it is a free trojan
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Out of the loop. What did gearbox do that time?
wrote last edited by [email protected]The reason its free is because they added a data miner with root level access.
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Not in general. Typically, games with kernel level drm or anticheat just didn't work at all.
Borderlands 2 specifically has a native Linux version though, and it may or may not abuse this fact. It isn't run in a sandbox-like environment like Windows games that run through proton, but according to protondb it does run through proton? In any case yes, it's probably better than running it on Windows.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Are you running it as root for some reason? Cause if you are not running it as root, it doesn't have root access, absent some kind of major security flaw in Linux.
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By indicating that root access is required to play the game, and that you agree to this by agreeing to the TOS. Without agreeing, you can't play the game.
The TOS doesn't give the game executable magical powers to do things it wasn't written to do.
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The reason its free is because they added a data miner with root level access.
wrote last edited by [email protected]The game executables haven't changed. All they did was add a generic TOS. That doesn't magically give the game the capability to get kernel level access.
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The game executables haven't changed. All they did was add a generic TOS. That doesn't magically give the game the capability to get kernel level access.
You are forced to agree if you want to play it, this is how shady companies operate. Now that you have agreed to it there is nothing stopping them from adding it in an"update".
If you think a shady ass company like epic wouldnt do that you are very naive.
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You are forced to agree if you want to play it, this is how shady companies operate. Now that you have agreed to it there is nothing stopping them from adding it in an"update".
If you think a shady ass company like epic wouldnt do that you are very naive.
wrote last edited by [email protected]So you agree that saying "they added a data miner with root level access" was a false statement?
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So you agree that saying "they added a data miner with root level access" was a false statement?
wrote last edited by [email protected]I agree youre a pedantic
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We have one
What's it called
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What's it called
