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		cameronbrown on Aug 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Epic direct payment on mobile > Games will not have first class support for linux for years to come, this is not indicative of the linux platform, simply that the market is tiny and developer time is better spent on supporting platforms that are widely used. Before EGS rolled around, Linux momentum on getting games support was amazing. Steam lets you run the vast majority of games on Linux now.

u10 on Aug 13, 2020 [–]

Sure, but that's not first class support. It requires a compatibility layer called Proton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_(software)).

Most developers will not spend time on supporting Linux natively. It's a shame, but that's the economic of it.

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