r/linux • u/TheNavyCrow • 22h ago

Popular Application Fortnite is coming to Linux

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u/3lfk1ng 19h ago

The Secure Boot requirement basically kills this.

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u/msbr_ 17h ago

Yeah it's impossible with Nvidia drivers

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u/veltair-d 16h ago

May I ask why? Idk if lucky or haven’t been punished but I run secure boot on NixOS with Nvidia GPU, both in desktop and laptop, and have faced no issues in the months I have been using it. Is there something I am not aware of? Please do tell.

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u/msbr_ 16h ago

Couldn't get Nvidia working on fedora without secure boot off

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u/veltair-d 15h ago

Hopefully those kind of issues get solved. Regardless this would be a good motivator for that kind of change. I find this as a generally good solution. Nobody likes kernel AC, but this is a middle ground most people should be willing to take.

If you don’t play games of the sort, nothing changes. If you want to play them, now you have a choice. Better A choice than NO choice

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u/Indolent_Bard 6h ago

Strange, that's supposed to work.

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u/friendlyreminder_ 14h ago

It's possible but it's up to the distro. Ubuntu and Opensuse both ship and sign the Nvidia driver kernel module. Fedora doesn'tz St least not yet.

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u/Indolent_Bard 6h ago

Not necessarily, they actually mentioned Nvidia drivers in the article. Plus, Valve announced Nvidia's support was coming to SteamOS. They clearly mean the Nova drivers, which will avoid this whole problem.