The Epic Games Launcher Preview now has Linux support, and GamingOnLinux asked what distros they actually plan to back. Epic’s Jake Jones told them: “The new Epic Games Launcher is still in Preview and we plan to support as many Linux distributions as possible, including Fedora, SteamOS, Cachy, Omarchy, and more. We’re testing and evaluating packaging formats for distribution, and we’ll restore AppImage this month.”
The Preview started as an AppImage, then moved to a .deb for Debian/Ubuntu. Fedora is listed as coming soon in the FAQ. Packaging may keep changing until they settle on a format, or maybe they put it on Flathub.
My take
Hearing Omarchy named out loud is nice. It’s still a preview, so don’t bet your game library on it yet, but official store support is what Linux gaming has needed for years.
Review before you install: read the release notes yourself, back up your config, and try new versions somewhere you can afford to break first.
God Bless, and Happy hacking!
