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Epic Games Game launcher now officially supports Linux (.AppImage build from site) (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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https://launcher.epicgames.com/

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[–] 3 points 6 days ago* (2 children)

System Requirements:

Windows

OS
Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit)
CPU
Intel Core i3 / AMD Ryzen 3
Storage
700MB available

macOS

OS
macOS 12 Monterey or newer
CPU
Apple M1 or newer
Storage
200 MB available

Linux

OS
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or newer, Fedora 43 or newer, or Debian 12 or newer
CPU
64-bit, x86-64, 2GHz dual-core or newer
Storage
2 GB available

How TF did they manage it, that the Linux Version needs 10x as much storage as the Mac version?

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    • [–] 39 points 1 week ago (10 children)

    Be aware that it is broken vibe coded slop.

    https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/epic-games-vibe-codes-new-launcher-because-programming-is-hard-starts-46-percent-faster-than-steam-preview-is-available-now-but-not-recommended-for-competitive-players

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  • [–] 19 points 1 week ago* (8 children)

    This is so sad, they doesn't even try to hide it

    Epic Games has a new launcher available to download now, which was redesigned with AI. The company says it "vibe coded" the new launcher, and claims it's "way faster" than the current version, as well as 46% faster to start up compared to Steam. Epic Games has set up a landing page where you can download the new launcher, as well as browse its new enhancements.

    "Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look," wrote Epic Games in a blog post discussing the new launcher.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    They are barely trying. It's nearly an insult actually. "This is all you slugs deserve".

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    The people fund bad companies

    The people vote for bad politicians

    The people get no respect... who is to blame?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago* (3 children)

    Decades and decades of defunding education while damaging the people's ability to think critically with a neverending flood of brain-rot?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    Yeah, and they announced they're gonna make EAC v2. It's going to be fun running vibe coded garbage with root privileges (or whatever, I don't play their games so I glossed over the details)

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    • [–] 13 points 1 week ago

    I didn't want this trash when I had Windows. I want it so much less now on Linux because is heavily vibe coded.

    If any games require this going forward, I will never buy them. It was disgusting to use before when it was human written, but now it's not only a major security vulnerability, but it's for sure dog shit code that was generated by script kiddies using LLMs trained on stolen data.

    Fuck Epic.

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    [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    r/fuckepic ...oh

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