With the new Epic Games Launcher Preview out with Linux support, you might be wondering what distros exactly they plan to support - we have an answer for you.
  • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Are they using Proton or Wine or something else? Or is this just for games specifically with Linux packages like how it is on Mac? I read through this and checked Google but not seeing anything at the moment.

    • Rose@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
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      3 days ago

      There’s a native version now in open beta, though “vibe-coded”. I’m not sure how it launches games though. Native Linux ports of games are pretty much a thing of the past now and I remember Sweeney talking about Proton and the like a while back. For Fortnite - whenever it becomes available on Linux - everything points to their use of a translation layer such as Proton.

      • boonhet@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Fortnite is the one game they could easily have a native Linux version available for given that it’s their own game and the engine does have native support for Linux these days

      • Slayer@infosec.pubEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Stick to Heroic or other launchers, it’s vibe coded trash, doesn’t work playing any game using proton.

        Also they removed the appimage version and now only provide a deb package…