Epic Games Store: Launcher to get Linux version

4 days ago by Sniatch to c/linux

The Epic Games Store launcher is to run natively on Linux. There is no date, and Linux is not yet included in the preview of the new client.
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Tenderizer78 13 points 4 days ago

I'm really glad for all Valve has done for Linux, but Microsoft is not the monopoly it once was. Chromebooks are the new frontier and Epic is the one taking on the Play Store monopoly.

Add in GOG to the mix with their anti-DRM advocacy and I'm left with a tough choice for who I would rather my 30% store tax to go to.

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carrylex 25 points 4 days ago

Chromebooks are the new frontier

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Tenderizer78 -5 points 4 days ago

Chromebooks are what everyone's using in school. Windows is in a state, and if businesses are going to replace it they sure as hell aren't going to use Linux (too informal) or MacOS (too locked down).

For individual users, something like 90% of internet browsing is on mobile devices so Android and iOS have already won over Windows bigtime.

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carrylex 7 points 4 days ago

Chromebooks are what everyone's using in school

Hi European person here. We're not dumbfuckistan (US) so cut your US defaultism. Our school PC usually run Windows 7 or later.

Oh and we also don't use school equipment for gaming with Epic Games...

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MYCOOLNEJM 4 points 4 days ago

Hi European person here.

Our school PC usually run Windows 7 or later.

I'm convinced this is an American psyop to shit on Europeans

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lfox02 1 point a day ago

Could depend on where.

It's usually 10 or later where I'm at though.

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