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Epic Games is developing EAC Linux v2 to bring Fortnite to Linux, using built-in Linux security features and testing the system in the game. The company plans to make it available to other developers, but is still refining it and has not announced a release timeline.

Epic have announced that they’re rebuilding their Easy Anti-Cheat software in order to get their flagship battle royale Fortnite running on Linux configurations, after years of fretting that they don’t think they’d be able to shut down cheaters operating across all the associated kernel configurations. It won’t support Steam Deck for the foreseeable, mind.

A new Android app is offering another way to run SteamOS on Android devices. Instead of flashing a Linux client to an SD card or changing the device’s boot process, the app installs a Linux runtime with its own version of SteamOS. The setup lets you install and play Steam games while Android continues running…

Continuing to make your hardware more your own and less like you rent it from Sony, the PlayStation 5 Linux project expands to support more firmware.

I remember well when saying the words “gaming on Linux” would get you laughed out of the room. Then the original Steam Deck came out in early 2022 running SteamOS (a Linux distro) and using the Wine-based Proton compatibility layer to translate Windows games, and Linux gaming flipped from unthinkable to preferable almost overnight. Linux…

Linux Kernel 7.3 will be featuring a scheduler overhaul aimed precisely at gaming performance. If the gains are anything to go by, the update does appear to be quite a success.

Linux Kernel 7.3 will be featuring a scheduler overhaul aimed precisely at gaming performance. If the gains are anything to go by, the update does appear to be quite a success.

Steam Deck owners looking past Valve’s own SteamOS keep landing on the same two names: Bazzite and CachyOS. Both are free, both are built by volunteers, and both claim to squeeze more frames out of the same handheld or desktop rig. But they take almost opposite approaches to getting there, and picking the wrong one…

TL;DR: Epic Games is building a native Linux version of the reworked Epic Games Launcher, confirmed in an AMA. The new launcher abandons Unreal Engine for a Tauri WebView framework, promising faster loads, improved UI, written reviews, and broader cross-platform support, though details on game compatibility and any compatibility layer remain unclear. Voice: DefaultSpeed 0:00…

Linux gaming has made enormous strides over the past few years, to the point where longtime PC gamers have started transitioning to the platform full time. However, one major part of the PC gaming ecosystem has remained stubbornly tied to Windows: Microsoft’s Xbox PC infrastructure and PC Game Pass. A new open-source project called Xodus…