Just switched Zorin for Win11 on my kids computer (yes, it did hurt and still does 😭). His friends play Fortnite and he felt left out. Windows is the only option if he want to play?
Btw downloaded newest Microslop Windows 11, but still during installation there was a gust from the past; I had to use my other computer to download the wifi card driver, which I had to “select from disk” when installing 😂 in 2026!! (tplink ex3000). Worked flawless on Linux.
Had a look, Epic refuses to let Fortnight run on proton bc it would add value to the steam deck
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Nah they can keep it over there on Windows we’re good thanks
For me, and probably 99.99% of Lemmy users, sure. I was talking to the daughter of a family friend recently (somewhere around 16yo), and her dad uses Linux (not for gaming), and I asked what she used. She said Windows, because “you can’t game on Linux.” I asked what she played, because almost every game works fine, and she said Fortnite. She’s in a family where one of the parents at least is anti-Windows, but she can’t really switch because of that game. I’d much rather it worked with Linux so those kids wouldn’t be left out if they switch. The alternative is them just not switching, which is worse.
There’s a launcher for Linux that allows you to run the Android version of Minecraft Bedrock Edition. Is there a similar thing for Fortnite?
Probably just a waiting game, then. Epic is bringing their client to Linux (supposedly), but it’s unknown when.
As a second option, have you considered dual booting, with Linux as the default? Then you/he can still have the benefit of Linux most of the time with Windows as a backup for the problematic games.
They can make an Epic client without Fortnite. The problem is that anti-cheat on Linux is fundamentally incompatible with software freedom. Because anti cheat is intended to prevent you from controlling your computer.
To be clear, I believe you are talking about kernel-level anticheat?
I once read that kernel anticheat is the lazy option. Devs can supposedly combat cheating without that, but it takes effort (meaning $$$).
So Fortnite could come to Linux, but Epic would have to fundamentally change how they deal with cheating, and the CEO doesn’t seem the type to give a shit about that.
Epic’s anti cheat support Linux, the CEO refuses(-ed) to use it in their own games because they hate Linux.
Talking out of my ass, i think this shift is one of two things. The first would be their customers wanting to target Steam Deck having doubts of Epic’s anti cheat capacity in Linux. If they don’t support it in their own games (and Rocket League had Linux support before being bought out). The other is they want to launch their own Linux based console with their Store pre-installed. They’ve always wanted to have a store front, to the point they challenged Google and Apple for a bigger piece of the pie. Today, this last part is unlikely considering the price of components.
The issue with that setup is, if Fortnite is one of the primary things he does, he’s just going to stay on windows and never use the linux install. Nothing is more annoying than having to constantly reboot into a new OS since it requires closing everything out. It would likely end up being a Windows default and occasionally swapping to linux (more realistically just never swapping to linux)
That flow is what I do though, I have both Debian and Windows 10 installed and default to Linux, but thats also because I don’t play a game that hard requires windows to function, so my usage of the OS is strictly hardware/firmware updates and the once or twice a year that I do have a game that straight doesn’t work on linux at all.
“that setup doesn’t work - I know because it’s exactly what I do”…??
you missed the second half of the post
but thats also because I don’t play a game that hard requires windows to function, so my usage of the OS is strictly hardware/firmware updates and the once or twice a year that I do have a game that straight doesn’t work on linux at all.
If normal win11 gives you problems you can still use win10 21h2 iot ltsc till 2032 with security updates and win11 iot ltsc to avoid a big part of the mess.
true, thnx
You probably know this but massgrave.dev for all your moving between windows versions needs.
How much is it safe? I may be just paranoid, but I’ve always been suspicious of all these activators.
It’s the same process you would go through to activate with Microsoft. The website explains how each option works. The code is all open on GitHub under the same name.
Make your own decisions about who to trust.
RIP to a real one
You can still debloat it and put it on its own vlan. Gotta make sacrifices sometimes.
good idea, vland 👌🏻
unsure how powerful your pc is. but i’ve heard you can achieve great performance on a vm using qemu. another option would be dual booting.
You can get really good performance in a VM if you can pass-through a GPU, which is a lot of tom-foolery or a second dedicated GPU since you can’t have it passed through and working for your host OS at the same time. BUT, most anti-cheat is going to either block the game from running in a VM or just ban you outright for trying to “bypass” the anti-cheat.
All of this is even dumber when you realize EAC (which Epic makes) has Linux compatibility that other games use, but Epic specifically chooses to not allow in their games. I really think it is because they know it would only help the Steam Deck and Tim Sweeney really hates Valve.
thanks for suggestion, but think that get me banned because anticheat detects it.😢
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You must be doing something wrong, as tplink says the adapter is fully supported.
TP-Link Network Adapter Drivers for Windows 11 https://share.google/ptc84n0xq80bU2W2z
is what it is. Not much one can do wrong with the windows gui installer 😅 Even had to install twice (selected pro, had home. that required a reinstall… microslop) it asked both times for me to load the driver from external media (windows didn’t detect the wifi card). installed from fresh win11 iso downloaded from ms today.
actually you don’t need reinstall for switching edition since win10 (except enterprise ltsc and a few)
gotta just enter the license key and it auto changes
To be fair, you should know which version you want to install. It’s convenient you only need a single install package for either version. That’s not slop, that’s efficient. I guarantee you a Windows install would have installed a driver for the card and then you could have updated on next update cycle.
This could be a good learning opportunity for your kids. Make them learn to use WinBoat 😀
Doubt the graphics is going to keep up in WinBoat enough to be playable, but even if it has improved that much in 3 months, it still isn’t going to make the anti-cheat work in a VM.
Unfortunately, the best experience I’ve found (without installing windows on bare metal) for something like this is one of those game streaming services like geforce now or xbox game pass. You point your browser somewhere and play it with a bit of input lag. But both of those companies suck a whole lot, so I stopped using them (and I heard game pass is going to limit you to some absurd low number of hours per month, even on the top tier of game pass).
