I mean
Even if it only occurs because of the presence of Linux, it's still a Valorant problem. They intentionally made it this way with their kernel-level anticheat "Vanguard".
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2026
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That’s fair, I guess really it should be a “Rootkit anticheat problem that only happens to be an issue for me because I use Linux in a specific way”. Either way solving it is ultimately going to be from the Linux side anything short of just giving up on the game
Kernel level anticheat decides to consider the presence of linux a problem : "I'd say this is a linux problem".
Yes, blaming the victim...
sigh what I clearly meant was it’s only solvable on the Linux side if at all. I realize that my wording wasn’t immaculate in this instance but it seems an overreaction for everyone to be responding this way. I’m primarily a Linux user first I literally only dual boot for this one game. In fact at this point I’ve been using Linux longer than I’ve been using Windows, and clearly reading the post I don’t really like windows. Feels disingenuous. I’m not blaming Linux, I’m merely qualifying it to actually make sense in this community otherwise the post would seem off base.
What’s the “default provision” on your motherboard and which one are you currently using? If secure boot is enabled with TPM, Valorant should boot. It doesn’t matter that you have another OS installed as long as it isn’t running at the same time as Windows.
Default is whatever the motherboard provisions when reset to default settings. I’m using custom which is my own keys generated with sbctl + whatever is baked into my motherboard or at least that’s what I understand sbctl will do.
Yeah that’s weird. Does sbctl status say Secure Boot: Enabled? What does it say on Vendor Keys?
Yes to the former, for the latter it says microsoft builtin-db builtin-KEK
Every time you do anything on that computer even on Linux that kernel level anticheat they use can see it all.
Is it worth playing that game?
Can you explain how that’s the case exactly?
Technically yes, practically no.
Windows doesn’t include the drivers to read Linux file systems (except through WSL) and Vanguard sure doesn’t either.
If you encrypt your disks, then it definitely can’t.
Stop. Playing. These. Games. That. Have. Zero. Respect. For. Your. Digital. Autonomy.
It’s not fucking hard. These people don’t give a shit because you sheep keep playing them anyways no matter how horrible they treat gamers. It’s like watching a fucking abusive relationship where the victim always returns to the one doing horrible things to them.
You see the problem is that I like the game and there isn’t anything I’ve found that scratches the same itch. Plus game is free so it’s not like they’re actively getting money from me
Plus game is free so it’s not like they’re actively getting money from me
They might not be getting money from you, but they're getting a lot of other things like harvesting your data, advertising (like this thread)... Always remember that free to play is a business model, not a charity.
Sure I’m advertising I guess, but I mean their primary model is agressive battle pass and skin sales which subsidize me playing. I’m not entirely sure what they’d do with my data with whatever they’re even collecting except try to make me and other players more enticed to buy skins. I’m aware free is not free but I mean saying “harvesting my data” doesn’t mean anything to me unless I know what they’re harvesting or using it for. Everyone is harvesting my data. Bots are scraping my Lemmy data right now, minimizing that is fine but there’s no way to have a vacuum sealed private existence on the internet.