For Epic Games use Heroic.
For Fortnite use... well, you are pretty much out of luck. A Windows VM with GPU pass-thru maybe?
this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2025
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Kernel level anticheat can detect when they're in VMs
Tried that this weekend. Did not work. Thanks though.
Fortnite devs have chosen to actively not support Linux. Meaning, they have made sure it doesn't work on Linux, on purpose. It will never work on Linux because they want it not to work on it.
Dual boot, or no Fortnite.
Yea. They are dicks.
Dual boot.
Strip Windows down and make it “Fortnite OS”
This is the only way. Use something like privacy.sexy or similar tools to remove all bloatware, phone home and auto update cruds.
EAC is the problem. It's not that the game can't run, it's that you'll be blocked from connecting to any servers.
I totally understand. Just wondering if there is something else out there that I can't find with searches.
Let's say that you were able to find a way. Epic could then ban your son's account for suspected cheating/hacking.
It's not possible (I tried like you) to get further than the party selection screen. Matchmaking kills the game instantly. When I contacted Epic support, I was politely warned that their system would very likely classify my attempts to run on Linux as a bannable offense.
Ge force it is
https://lutris.net/games/fortnite/
did you read this?
Infected with kernel level anticheat
I like that they don't bother being gentle about it. I'd have gone further and called the publishers drooling idiots but lutris probably can't get away with that lol
Yes. But I'm wondering if there is a better way.
I guess the site could have been more clear about it, so let me help you read it:
unsupported on Linux
Will this work on Linux? No, it won't.
https://areweanticheatyet.com/
If multiplaer is important to you .
https://www.protondb.com/
For general Fuck Ups stuff.
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home
Mostly helpflul stuff if you know your way around.
Windows or Console is only way. Until the devs allow it on other OS.