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Epic Games Launcher is coming to SteamOS
In October, Epic Games said that it was " investigating " making Fortnite compatible with Valve's Linux-based SteamOS. At the time, Epic Games Launcher was in preview, but SteamOS was not specifically listed as a supported distro. Now, Communications Director Jake Jones has confirmed SteamOS compatibility, along with a handful of other distros, to GamingOnLinux . In response to a question about the AppImage being replaced with Debian / Ubuntu .deb downloads, Jones said:
"The new Epic Games Launcher is still in Preview and we plan to support as many Linux distributions as possible, including Fedora, SteamOS, Cachy, Omarchy, and more. We're tes …
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