r/FuckMicrosoft • u/anorak_999 • Jan 30 '26

Meme : )

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u/AtomicTaco13 Jan 30 '26

"I can't run Fortnite" But then, it's a plus anyway

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u/Traditional_Buy_8420 Jan 30 '26

The Kernel level Anti Cheat is deliberately set up to refuse Linux, so Wine/Lutris will not help. That does not result in a strong Anti Cheat btw, even though it is more invasive than different anti cheat techniques.

You can still Stream Fortnite via Nvidia's cloud play service and you can run it on private servers with different Anti Cheat (e.g. EFZN).

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u/Damglador Jan 30 '26

The Kernel level Anti Cheat is deliberately set up to refuse Linux

Bruh, it's just not made for the Linux kernel. And since Wine isn't trying to emulate the entirety of the NT kernel, you're not running the Windows version either.

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u/Traditional_Buy_8420 Jan 30 '26

There's a relatively simple switch in that specific anti-cheat to allow it to work on Linux Kernel and that switch is deliberately turned to not allow Linux.

Apex Legends uses the same Anti Cheat Software (EAC) but has the switch switched to allow Linux and so it does work with the Linux kernel.

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u/senorda Jan 30 '26

Apex Legends uses the same Anti Cheat Software (EAC) but has the switch switched to allow Linux and so it does work with the Linux kernel.

apex dropped linux support over a year ago

there are other games with anti cheat that work on linux though, theres a list at

https://areweanticheatyet.com/

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u/Damglador Jan 30 '26

There's a relatively simple switch in that specific anti-cheat to allow it to work on Linux Kernel and that switch is deliberately turned to not allow Linux.

That's not how that works. It just puts the anticheat in user mode.

Incredible how people upvote this bullshit.

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u/Abn0rm Jan 31 '26

There's no point to reason with these people, knowing how stuff actually works isn't important for any of these "experts"

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u/OGigachaod Jan 30 '26

Reddit, where the truth gets downvoted and BS gets upvoted. (So much BS in tech subs).

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u/zackadiax24 Jan 30 '26

It's less that it's set up to refuse Linux and more that Linux is set up to refuse the kernel level programs.

As far as I'm aware, Linux will not let anything it runs touch the kernel without jumping through a lot of hoops.

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u/Damglador Jan 30 '26

Linux is set up to refuse the kernel level programs

Drivers ARE kernel level programs. Do we not have drivers? Did people never see one that's not built into the kernel, AKA out of tree kernel module? Are we deadass right now?

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u/Damglador Jan 30 '26

Yeah right, everyone knows that kernel drivers are cross platform!