[Discussion] Epic (so they says) Game Launcher on the Deck
[Discussion] Epic (so they says) Game Launcher on the Deck
I've just installed Epic Game Launcher on the Deck and had an issue where the starting screen was black. I've already find the fix in * this discussion.
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Thanks to --- Lopsided_Elephant_24 • 1 hr. ago • Edited 45 min. ago
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I found something that seems to work. In the 3rd party launcher in Steam used for the Epic game launcher, go to Properties->Shortcut->Target, and change the text to:
"{The path to the epic game launcher}/EpicGamesLauncher.exe" -opengl
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From Ayinde6 --- LET ME KNOW IF IT WORKS FOR YOU
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Nah, don't support companies that are actively and openly hostile to Linux
I don't. My entire Epic library is freebies, and it's well over 200 games at this point. I can't imagine them getting telemetry data that says the host OS is Linux is the kind of "support" that turns them away from reconsidering Linux.
I'm just a guy on the Internet, do whatever. 🤷♂️ Just seems silly spending time fighting to use software from a company that actively campaigns against linux and calls it nonviable. I can understand corporate indifference, but epic is different. And unfortunately, wine/proton identify host os as windows 7.
Sure. I wasn't being combative, just pointing out that there are cases that don't give them much support. And if Proton reports as Win 7 (a discontinued OS), then it becomes a wash, since the alternative would have been Windows 10/11 anyway.
If they want to miss out on the market share of Steam Deck users, that's their poor business choice to make.
Didn't they just win a lawsuit against google for "noncompetitive and monopolistic practices"?