As always, more nuance is inside, but some major bullet points:
- native Linux support for the launcher
- very openly vibe coded, if that’s a line in the sand for you
- Fortnite will be, but is not yet, updated with a new version of Easy Anti Cheat to be compatible with Linux. Yes, there are versions of EAC compatible with Linux today, but not up to Epic’s standards of cheat prevention, and whatever is up to their standards requires coordination with distro maintainers.
- their FAQ openly mentions the necessity of compatibility layers, but I don’t see any mention of native integration with them
Designing our infrastructure for cars first instead of people first encourages crashes to an extraordinary degree, but now we’re getting a bit far from the metaphor.
I don’t know what the TOS allows for, but it’s Epic’s actions regarding new Linux customers that I’d be more interested in. I’m not going to be the guinea pig with their Linux endeavors, but I’ll wait to see what happens the first time a Linux customer runs into problems with a Windows game and its compatibility. At least Epic has an incentive to not be hostile toward those customers anymore.