I was talking to my dad yesterday and he talked about how he dual booted windows and Linux in his college days. I immediately left to download Ubuntu, I feel so dumb for forgetting it’s an option. I literally only use windows so I can play Fortnite with friends. PSA: you can have both Linux and Windows, or you can use a vm in Linux. Be (mostly) free from Microsoft’s clammy hands.

  • @rtxn@lemmy.world
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    81 year ago

    Be aware that Windows will snitch on you if you run it in a VM. I don’t know about Forkknife in particular, but if a game’s TOS prohibits it, or the anti-cheat is having a bad day, it might get you banned. There are ways to trick Windows into thinking it’s running on metal, but it’s always a risk.

      • @rtxn@lemmy.world
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        61 year ago

        Taskmgr will literally list that the OS is running in a VM. You don’t need a rootkit to detect it.

    • @JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      11 year ago

      That’s why I went with dual booting over a vm. Battleye and ez anti cheat both try to detect even Microsoft’s hyper-v.

      • Bolle
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        41 year ago

        thats the reason i dont play those Games anymore(although i would love to). i cannot live with the fact, that i am not in charge on my own device