Does it apply fixes/patches to speed up the game loading time? Large mod lists can take several minutes to load. Another tool for the same task is Jackify which, among other things, can configure the Wine prefix for the game/mod list so that it works in Linux. It also applies USVFS (MO2 feature) patches that improves the loading time of the game from minutes to mere seconds even when large number of mods are used. It also handles installation of Wabbajack lists.
They wouldn’t need to break anything. They could instead make the 32bit libraries optional, and show a warning if the user tries to play 32bit Linux game. The user would then have two options: Either play the Windows version through Proton, or install the missing libraries to play the Linux version.
TLDR for those who didn’t read the EAC Linux v2 post.
On hardware side, it requires TPM 2.0, Secure Boot and Input-Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) enabled in BIOS.
On software side, it requires a signed kernel and kernel modules, measured boot, kernel lockdown integrity mode, kexec to be disabled, and Linux Security Module BPF.
Where keys are needed, they must all be well-known. Epic maintains a list of well-known keys.
Basically this all requires that your machine has the required features and that your distribution provides a proper kernel.
Does EAC Linux v2 use a kernel driver?
No. EAC Linux v2 does not install or load an anti-cheat kernel module. It uses security features already provided by the Linux kernel, together with an anti-cheat systemd service and eBPF programs.
Does EAC Linux v2 run in the background all the time?
No. It includes a systemd service, but the service only starts when a protected game starts and it stops when the game exits.
He used Siri to write it.