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My favorite way to run Windows apps on Linux just got even better (www.zdnet.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Sunshine@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev
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[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

That's pretty cool! Does anyone know if this allows one to play anti-cheat enabled games? Would be interesting to know if we can spoof HWID stuff with this to make it look like we're playing on an actual Windows device.

[–] HetareKing@piefed.social 19 points 2 weeks ago

According to the website, it does not. But it also doesn't support GPU passthrough yet, so it's not yet really an option for most games anyway.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

seems like it's just windows running in a docker container, with some linux integrations

[–] priapus@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately, theres a LOT of ways for software to detect its running in a VM. Depending on the method used, it can be practically impossible to hide. Even if spoofing methods improve, anticheats will improve their detection methods in response.