r/linux • u/TheNavyCrow • 22h ago

Popular Application Fortnite is coming to Linux

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u/dragonitewolf223 13h ago

This isn’t the case if you are not using Microsoft’s public keys, but realistically that is probably where this is headed.

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u/Lumpy-Obligation-553 13h ago

Can't the Linux foundation do something similar? Or is it because of a hardware thing of how tpm is manufactured and/or intelectual property?

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u/dragonitewolf223 9h ago

Anyone can sign their own software, so the key has to be trusted by the anticheat.

Since just about every PC comes with Microsoft's key from the factory and rarely any others, this would require you either A. know how to add new keys to your NVRAM or B. have a Linux kernel signed by Microsoft

If Epic hopes anyone actually plays these EACv2 games on Linux then they will want to use Microsoft's key, otherwise most people will be turned away from it. In both cases, if you play Fortnite, then Microsoft wins.

Distributions can't automate this process because key enrollment has to be temporarily enabled from the firmware settings.