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.
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.