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3 days

Epic Games Game launcher now officially supports Linux (.AppImage build from site)

https://launcher.epicgames.com/

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    • nfreak@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3 days

      It’s also a vibecoded mess and they’re literally advertising it as such: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k6kg5ccozcphfcmp4zyx3s64/post/3mxtzp6xtwc2u

      Legitimately I’d suggest ditching it entirely, or at the very least removing any financial or personal info from your account, because this shit just screams “massive financial breach” in 3-6 months tops.

        • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
          3 days

          Sounds like Epic achieved perfect feature parity with their Windows launcher.

          • bad1080@piefed.socialEnglish
            2 days

            How do I delete my Epic Games Account?
            https://www.epicgames.com/help/account-c-45487929/account-deletion-c-41184113/how-do-i-delete-my-epic-games-account-a16010170

            • Maya S. Trojan@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              3 days

              Beyond all that… AppImage? Fuck that’s what they’re going with, really? I get that it’s platform agnostic or whatever but it’s literally my least favorite way to get an app delivered to me because it’s so fucking opaque. I know that’s probably an unpopular opinion, but I do, I hate AppImages. It feels like the lazy assholes way of committing to Linux support when they’re a giant corporation. This isn’t some guy coding it all on his own in his basement for no money because it’s open source. I can live with that because that guy is just one guy and maybe doesn’t have the time or resources to pack it five different ways. But a company that big? Go fuck yourself, Tim Sweeney.

                • nfreak@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  3 days

                  I didn’t even think of that but honestly yeah that’s kind of insane LMAO

                  Like I have no problem with appimages for smaller tools, and at least things like Shelly make maintaining them much easier nowadays, but for something like this, what the fuck

                • OhneHose@feddit.org
                  3 days

                  It doesn’t even come with a “shopping basket” (function).

                  I swear my local LLM could have written this mess in less then a day.

                • Magiilaro@feddit.org
                  2 days

                  Perfect, a vibe coded mess with full access to all files in my filesystem. Yeah, no thank you! I stay with heroic launcher to look at my collection of free epic games that I never play…

                  • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    3 days

                    1.8x faster startup than Steam*

                    1.2x faster from the background to your library than Steam*

                    Yeah sure that’s definitely the problem with steam glad that Tim Sweeney fixed that for me, I’m so ready to ditch steam now.

                    I hate marketing bullshit.

                      • AppleMango@lemmy.world
                        2 days

                        *Average of 5 tests on each of 13 machines, excluding the 3 lowest-end machines tested.

                        Is this normal??

                      • kipparikalle161@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                        2 days

                        cool. won’t use it with a ten foot pole.

                        • Quintus@lemmy.mlEnglish
                          3 days

                          Somebody’s late to the party.

                            • eremophila@lemmy.zip
                              3 days

                              Somebody brought poop as a present

                            • DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world
                              3 days

                              Aaaaaaahhhh Sweeny swine dude. How the turns tabled. He came back like the little bitch he is. 😂😂😂😂. And now since it’s way too late, watch no one from the Linux community touch this trash.

                                • Buffalox@lemmy.world
                                  3 days

                                  100% agree, I don’t think I’ll ever use Epic store because of the way they decidedly sabotaged Linux in the beginning.

                                  • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
                                    2 days

                                    All the exclusives are trash and the launcher performs like shit even on windows. Keep it. I don’t want it.

                                  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                                    3 days

                                    Can I play competitive games like Fortnite?

                                    Yes, once you’re in a game you’re good to go. All of the services will work as intended, and there’s nothing that would prevent casual or competitive play.

                                    It’s good seeing more popular games adapt to Linux by adjusting their AC.

                                    • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
                                      3 days

                                      Why not just download and upload image or do screenshot, instead photograph?

                                        • shweddy@lemmy.world
                                          3 days

                                          Not a photo

                                            • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
                                              3 days

                                              I see. I thought the effect is some reflection, because it is blocked on my system. I’m sorry for the confusion.

                                                • muhyb@programming.dev
                                                  2 days

                                                  That’s a vibe-code effect /s

                                                  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
                                                    3 days

                                                    I agree it kind of looks like that, It’s an absolutely horrible screenshot, that was taken just as the worst screen effect was active.
                                                    Seems like they’ve removed it too?

                                              • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
                                                3 days

                                                Nb: Appimages are toxic. Ask a security person.

                                                  • Thaurin@lemmy.world
                                                    3 days

                                                    Don’t post that and not explain.

                                                    • daggermoon@piefed.worldEnglish
                                                      2 days

                                                      Non-binary? How are appimages toxic? Are you a security person?

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