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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday January 08 2020, @03:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the year-of-the-gaming-desktop dept.

The Register:

Linux gamers have found yet again that their ubiquitous operating system remains unwelcome in the context of mainstream entertainment.

The latest insult comes from Electronic Arts, which appears to have issued a few permanent bans to online Battlefield V players attempting to play the game on Linux systems.

Mind you, Battlefield V isn't intended for Linux; the EA game specifies that a 64-bit version of Windows 7, 8.1, or 10 is required. But those committed to Linux can get around that by using Lutris, a Linux gaming client.

Last month, a Battlefield V player claimed that attempting to play the game online using Lutris resulted in getting banned. It would seem to be the fault of EA's server-side anti-cheating system FairFight. A few others participating in the discussion thread said they too had been banned. That's not exactly a mass market catastrophe.

EA apparently considers using Linux to be cheating.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Wednesday January 08 2020, @04:51PM (2 children)

    by Freeman (732) on Wednesday January 08 2020, @04:51PM (#941099) Journal

    Phoenix666 hit on a pretty insightful comment, a couple posts below. At a certain point, you just want your entertainment to be easy. Figuring out how to get random x game to run can be a chore on Linux. Now, if you confine yourself to only games that work well on Linux, that hurdle will be a lot easier to jump. You're essentially going to be relegating yourself to ancient (DOS, etc.) games and games that were designed with Linux in mind. That gaming pool is pretty small and there are few old games that stand the test of time. Before the standardized wsad for movement, you have tons of games that used the arrow keys or some other random combination of keys. With a much lower chance that the keys would be customizable.

    For those interested in gaming on Linux, here's a few good places to go:
    SteamOS [distrowatch.com] || Steam as your OS. Based on Debian Linux, I would recommend this, if you've already got a substantial Steam collection. You can use it as a basic Linux desktop with Steam.
    PlayOnLinux [playonlinux.com] || (Also, you probably can search your favorite Linux repository to install this.)
    GOG [gog.com] || Originally Good Old Games, the pirate Abandonware site. Turned legitimate commercial company that originally specialized in saving old games for modern usage. Now, they also put out new DRM free games.
    WINE [winehq.org] || "Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications" -- This is what PlayOnLinux uses, but PlayOnLinux is much more user friendly.

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    Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 08 2020, @05:42PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 08 2020, @05:42PM (#941128)

    >At a certain point, you just want your entertainment to be easy.

    thats why i dig mame

    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday January 08 2020, @06:03PM

      by Freeman (732) on Wednesday January 08 2020, @06:03PM (#941136) Journal

      MAME sits on that moral gray area that all Abandonware sits on, though.

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      Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"