This article goes more into how EAC for Linux is being altered. Basically EAC can run with ring 0 access on windows machines to prevent cheats, but on Linux it doesn't have the same level of invasive access. This is better for user privacy, but also limits its ability to prevent cheating.

The upcoming EAC Linux v2 will fall into a middle ground between the two, and will require the kernel to be signed with a key Epic recognizes. The system will also have to have TPM 2.0 and secure boot enabled. I recommend reading the article for more details.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm honestly pretty impressed with how sturdy it is. To have the only thing that's failed be a charging port in two years of letting at the time 4 year olds use the things regularly is pretty impressive.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    I dropped mine onto a carpeted floor from less than a metre (the one time I picked the case up by the handle was the one time I hadn't zipped it up) and it broke one of the bumpers. Cost me $350 to repair it.

    It's good to hear that multiple people here have said their young kids are looking after them, though.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • I have had to like... realign one of the bumpers once after one of their drops actually now that you mention it.

    Nothing was broken that I could see, the button just wasn't lined up fully so it wasn't clicking properly where it was supposed to. Went back to working just fine once I put it back together after giving the button a little nudge with the screwdriver.

  • source
  • parent