Keeping track of the status of Fortnite on Linux, alongside occasionally posting other related news. Ran by @McChikenNuget55

Joined September 2025
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Big news: Fortnite is coming back to the App Store in Australia tomorrow! Today the Australia Federal Court told Apple to open up iOS after finding they violated competition law. Here’s what’s changing in Australia in March 2027: • iOS will be open to third party app stores • Australian users will be able to download apps directly from developers • Developers will be able to offer only alternative payment systems and Apple can’t require devs to offer Apple’s IAP, without charging junk fees • Apple cannot block developers from pointing users outside apps to make purchases • Apple is barred from charging junk fees on purchases made in third party app stores This is great news for developers worldwide and iOS users in Australia who will benefit from an open mobile app ecosystem.
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lmao if you play the pirated copy of mw4 you can play it on linux, while paying customers cant because it runs a kernel anticheat good job activision!
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic
But if I use those recourses to play Fortnite on macOS I’ll break TOS and get banned Tim 😭😭😭
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Epic confirms Steam Deck currently doesn't support the requirements for Easy Anti-Cheat Linux v2. The new implementation requires: -Secure Boot -TPM 2.0 -Signed kernels -Measured Boot Additional Linux security features Epic says it's discussing compatibility with Valve.
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Replying to @imtheclare
Using the official Epic Games launcher still gives the same error. There is a new update today so I will test it once more when that releases.
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oh holy fucking shit @FortniteLinux you might have to retire that account 😭
HYPEX
@HYPEXOct 14
FORTNITE IS COMING TO LINUX • Easy Anti-Cheat's Linux support couldn't protect games as well as the Windows version • Epic is rebuilding it as EAC Linux v2, with protection much closer to Windows • Fortnite tests it first, then other devs can use EAC v2 to bring their multiplayer games to Linux • The new Epic Games Launcher is out now on Linux, and Fortnite will come through it once enough distros support it WHAT YOU'LL NEED: • TPM 2.0 & Secure Boot enabled in BIOS • A kernel signed by a trusted distro (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, openSUSE, Bazzite & more) • Any extra drivers (like NVIDIA's) signed with a trusted key too • Measured boot (GRUB & systemd-boot do this by default) • IOMMU enabled (not needed on handhelds) • Kernel lockdown integrity mode on, kexec off & BPF LSM active [Source: Epic's EAC Linux v2 blog posted today]
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Fortnite certified..?
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Epic Games on the long-term solution for Easy Anti-Cheat Linux v2: To close the gap for Linux, we are rebuilding our Linux anti-cheat implementation into EAC Linux v2. We will bring the level of protection much closer to par with Windows, in the very near-term, using existing Linux features including signed kernel, signed kernel modules, and secure boot with attestation. These requirements build on work that distribution maintainers already do, and the more distributions that meet these requirements by default, the fewer players will need to change their setup to play. We are also planning to pilot EAC Linux v2 in Fortnite first, where we’ll test it in a live environment and refine it based on what we learn. Once we’ve validated EAC v2’s effectiveness, we’ll make it available to more game developers so they can bring their multiplayer games to Linux players too.
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Replying to @wawilow108
tim sweeney when he has to take down the claude ai bot because it ticked the eac linux support checkbox
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Cheating has made anticheat a headache for legitimate users. I can't play FACEIT because I dualboot Windows and CachyOS using Limine with custom Secure Boot keys (PK, KEK, db) via sbctl. My self signed bootloader fails TPM attestation. All this just to play CS2 w/o cheaters
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no matter how much epic games/fortnite tries to make me hate them, i'm never giving up this gimmick. it's fun to point out epic's hypocrisy.
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Replying to @Nyxint
This is true, but Roblox has generally allowed players to use workarounds such as Sober to play on unsupported platforms, while Fortnite has went out of their way to block players from using similar workarounds like FNMacAssistant, which many have previously used to play on Mac.
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at least roblox doesnt go out of their way to run other versions of the game on other platforms *COUGH COUGH WAYDROID AND FNMACASSIST*
Funny how Fortnite keeps trying to be like Roblox while also blocking Mac/Linux users out of the game, forcing them to just play Roblox instead anyway.
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Thank goodness we have kernel anticheat to stop all cheaters
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WTF is this, man? Don't just follow it, port it, dude! @FortniteLinux
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Now that her release has been four years ago, I'm reposting this bit of Fortography I've done in the past.
Lennox Rose released one year ago today! Can't believe it's already been that long ago since one of my all-time favorite skins came out. #Fortnite #Fortography #FortniteArt #DigitalPhotography #FortniteChapter4Season4 #FortniteC4S4 #FortniteLastResort #LennoxRose
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Steam Hardware Updates
@HardwareSteamSep 14
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Steam finally refunded a For Honor player after four refund rejections for dropping Linux support. The player bought the game in July 2025 when Steam rated it Playable on Steam Deck and said it worked on SteamOS. Then Ubisoft disabled Easy Anti-Cheat on Linux on September 10, making the game unplayable on Linux and Steam Deck. Steam rejected the refund four times, repeatedly citing the standard 14-day / 2-hour policy. The player then asked a different question: Does Steam’s “Playable” or “Verified” rating guarantee that a game will stay playable after you buy it? Steam never answered. Instead, support offered the full purchase price as Steam Wallet credit as a “customer service gesture.” The player accepted
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apparantly sober devs are working on a computability layer to run macos apps which is cool, and also will work on roblox thank god the android client sucks
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hello from m3 pro running linux natively
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