In October, Epic Games said it was “investigating” manufacturing Fortnite compatible with Valve’s Linux-based SteamOS. At the time, Epic Games Launcher was in preview, but SteamOS was not specifically listed as a supported distribution. Today, Communications Director Jake Jones confirmed compatibility for SteamOS, along with a handful of other distributions, for Games on Linux. In response to a question about replacing AppImage with Debian/Ubuntu .deb downloads, Jones said:
“The new Epic Games launcher is still in preview and we plan to support as many Linux distributions as possible, including Fedora, SteamOS, Cachy, Omarchy, etc. We are testing and evaluating packaging formats for the distribution, and we will restore AppImage this month.”
This does not necessarily mean Fortnite will come to SteamOS. Support for Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) Linux v2 is still an open question. When he announced his work to bring Fortnite on Linux, the company said that the Steam Deck “does not support the features required for our EAC v2 solution, but we are actively talking with Valve and hope to support it in the future.”
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