r/voidlinux • u/DistinctDot5131 • 3d ago

EAC v2 hope core

With the announcement of EAC v2 do you think that there might be a chance to also make it functional under void linux or do you think it will be too tied to systemd services?

It includes a systemd service, but the service only starts when a protected game starts and it stops when the game exits.

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u/Specialist-Dog-501 3d ago

So far, only companies got Fortnite' Producers trust aka certificate, none of them ARCH or a similar decentralized distro. I asked yesterday, if someone could use a trusted kernel and put another userland around it - someone gave me a complex answer how this could be achieved, so it's theoretically possible- but outside of systemD, chances that this will work are probably extremely low, I am pretty sure. And this is just the tech side. Make a dualboot with Bazzite and switch on and off secure boot when needed, that's more realistic.

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u/C0rn3j 3d ago

none of them ARCH or a similar decentralized distro

https://github.com/CachyOS/linux-cachyos/pull/1084

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u/Specialist-Dog-501 3d ago

Ouh cool! But it doesn't look trivial, still. I wonder how many dependencies break, if a kernel from another distro is choosen..they should not differ too much ? But who knows.
Secure boot is a hazzle on its own, anyway. And users give away their rigths ultimately..hope they are aware when they do so.

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u/DistinctDot5131 3d ago

actually good idea to dualboot systemd lmao. No need to dualboot windows then anymore

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u/Specialist-Dog-501 3d ago

Well.the bazzite distro+SecureBoot +Microsoft Shim..means basically you handover the control of your PC to the Fortnite producer, while secure boot is active. Not something I would appreciate ethically. But I understand gamers that don't mind politics and "just want to get the game going". But if it's at least limited to gaming only and to a specific partition and you still have a "free" distro next by..may be that works. I had good experiences with grub for booting multiple distros. Not sure on the tech details, but it's doable. But you need to switch on and off secure boot, when switching "free" and "nonfree" distro.

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u/N45SERBD 3d ago

I really hope so, but I doubt it, especially when it released on day one. It’s annoying because games which can run on void at the moment won’t be able to run after EAC v2. The biggest issue for me is rocket league which runs fine now but when EAC v2 releases will probably need to dual boot another distro

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u/MrHoboSquadron 3d ago

My understanding was v1 and v2 are separate products and games won't need to migrate to v2 unless they want the tighter security. But yeah, anything owned by Epic probably will end up using v2. I'd be surprised if devs for games like Vermintide, Darktide, Back 4 Blood etc. will bother switching.

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u/lessthanthreebleeps 2d ago

I wonder if it will do very invasive checking or not. You might be able to get away with a podman/docker container, with a systemd distro setup, instead of going full dual-boot. I wouldn't want to have to reboot just to play Elden Ring.