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Riot never released the source code of their anti cheat. This repo is clearly just a troll(just read the "source"). In terms of lack of compatibility with Linux, it was written for Windows, so it obviously won't work on linux, that's just how drivers work. In addition, they won't be able to achieve the same level of protection on Linux, so the chance of them porting it to Linux is slim to none, unless Valve figures something out.
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*The software could have a negative performance impact even when doing other things on your computer since the driver is running 24/7
*The software could have a negative performance impact even when doing other things on your computer since the driver is running 24/7
*Enforced UEFI firmware update can reduce performance and potentially brick the hardware<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maruccia |first=Alfonso |date=2025-12-20 |title=Riot is forcing Valorant players to update their PC firmware to keep playing |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/110663-riot-forcing-valorant-players-update-their-pc-firmware.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251223133910/https://www.techspot.com/news/110663-riot-forcing-valorant-players-update-their-pc-firmware.html |archive-date=2025-12-23 |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=Techspot}}</ref>.
*Enforced UEFI firmware update can reduce performance and potentially brick the hardware<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maruccia |first=Alfonso |date=2025-12-20 |title=Riot is forcing Valorant players to update their PC firmware to keep playing |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/110663-riot-forcing-valorant-players-update-their-pc-firmware.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251223133910/https://www.techspot.com/news/110663-riot-forcing-valorant-players-update-their-pc-firmware.html |archive-date=2025-12-23 |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=Techspot}}</ref>.
===Purposeful Incompatibility with Other Operating Systems===
The official Riot Vanguard anti-cheat is built using the [[wikipedia:Windows_Driver_Kit|Windows Driver Kit]], making it dependent on the Windows operating system. In the [https://github.com/RiotVanguard/Vanguard Riot Vanguard source code] published in April 2021, this dependency is justified in a comment stating: ''“Because we don't know how PE files work.”'' Given Riot’s expertise and resources, this statement is widely interpreted as tongue-in-cheek, implying that the Windows-only design was intentional.


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