Spyware could always run on Linux. People are celebrating this particular piece of spyware because installing it enables them to accomplish one of their goals, which is to play games online with strangers with limited cheating without booting up Windows. I don’t play these games so I won’t be in any hurry to install anti-cheat software, but I don’t blame anyone for doing it. It’s a compromise one can choose to make.

Of course, now that I’ve typed this I don’t think I’ve made any point that the other two responders haven’t, so…