Sunshine@piefed.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 days agoEpic Games Store is going to support Linux 'soon' - and that's great news for Steam Deck ownerswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1155
arrow-up1155external-linkEpic Games Store is going to support Linux 'soon' - and that's great news for Steam Deck ownerswww.techradar.comSunshine@piefed.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squarecsolisr@hub.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoNo big deal if they don’t manage to make EAC work on Linux for all usage cases. Fortnite itself still refuses to support Linux, and if that’s the case, why would Epic bother to port its Game Store there?
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoTechnically EAC already works via Proton, can even already spy on Linux via Symlinks to access the entire file system and monitor active processes.
minus-squarecsolisr@hub.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoAnd even then, that is still not enough supervision for a growing amount of developers. Latest in the trend: Sony, with Marvel Tŏkon
No big deal if they don’t manage to make EAC work on Linux for all usage cases. Fortnite itself still refuses to support Linux, and if that’s the case, why would Epic bother to port its Game Store there?
Technically EAC already works via Proton, can even already spy on Linux via Symlinks to access the entire file system and monitor active processes.
And even then, that is still not enough supervision for a growing amount of developers. Latest in the trend: Sony, with Marvel Tŏkon