Fortnite is coming to Linux, Epic Games said on October 14, alongside a preview of its rebuilt Epic Games Store that adds native Linux support for the first time. The new Epic Games Store is available in preview today on Windows, with a Linux build arriving alongside it.
Fortnite itself isn’t on Linux yet, but Epic is rebuilding its Easy Anti-Cheat service as “EAC Linux v2” to make that possible. The new anti-cheat uses existing Linux platform features like signed kernel, signed kernel modules, secure boot with attestation, and eBPF programs rather than a custom kernel driver. Initially supported distributions include Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or newer, Fedora 43 or newer, and Debian 12 or newer.
Epic plans to pilot EAC Linux v2 in Fortnite first, then make the toolkit available to other developers once it’s validated. There’s a catch for Steam Deck owners: the Deck doesn’t currently support the required features for EAC v2, Epic says, though the company is “actively talking with Valve” and investigating SteamOS compatibility. Epic has also confirmed it has no plans to bring Fortnite to the Steam store.
The new Epic Games Store preview is available to download now. Epic has not given a timeline for when the Linux build of Fortnite will launch.
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