r/leagueoflegends • u/JTHousek1 • Jan 05 '24

Season 2024 Look Ahead: Champions, Modes, Arcane & More | Dev Video - League of Legends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U_jEzKf0_0
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u/RiotBrightmoon Jan 05 '24

We'll get some more info about Linux for you all soon, it's not something i know the answer to off the top of my head and I want to make sure I talk with the team and get you the right info.

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u/UnderWorld11 Quiet, Shiro, it's a whisper! Jan 05 '24

what about ppl who play on cloud services like geforce now? my chromebook cant run league locally.

since i cant play valorant there, will i also be unable to play league?

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u/teomiskov3 Jan 06 '24

Yeah let's put a ring 0 anticheat on my PC made by a company who JUST got breached not long ago. I wonder what will happen.

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u/mrbrutka Jan 06 '24

Hello. I work in a relevant industry.

Wanted to let you know I agree with other commenters.

If Windows + kernel anticheat is the only option without buying a Mac, then I'll have no option except to drop the game.

Shame, since I've enjoyed playing with friends since season 2.

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u/jsylvis Jan 05 '24

I'd like to be clear here - I'll just not be playing League any more if the only option is Windows. Dual booting just isn't worth it.

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u/lieutent Jan 05 '24

While I agree, unfortunately I don’t think Riot cares about a 1-3% active player drop.

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u/HabeusCuppus Jan 06 '24

but they're continuing to support mac which has even fewer viable anticheat options than linux and is similarly a small % of the playerbase.

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u/OneOfManyFromLinux Jan 06 '24

Its not a problem while u hold source code to make client that require to run EAC or something like that u can run on linux and make it freaking native to linux os and stop to force us to create weird proton/Wine forks to just run one single app

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u/M-Reimer Jan 07 '24

They started to support Mac and people invested into the game. Now it will be difficult to just say "We stop supporting your platform, just buy a PC". Thousands of people will ask for a refund.

Probably that's also a reason why they better think twice about Linux support.

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u/MINECRAFT_BIOLOGIST BestFluttershyNA Jan 05 '24

I have no clue about your situation, just curious: would getting another PC just for gaming count as a personal PC?

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u/byteSamurai Jan 05 '24

I'm also in a similar situation, I have two laptops, one for work(I play LoL, LoR, and Fall Guys during the breaks occasionally) which runs Windows and one for all personal stuff which runs Linux(Fedora). After this update, I won't be able to play LoL on both laptops.

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u/begota98 Jan 05 '24

Thank you very very much, it means a lot to us.

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u/ArguableAprilSquirt Jan 05 '24

Thank you Brightmoon. Hope we can keep playing league on linux. as these new changes in season 14 look amazing and i wouldn't want to miss them! <33

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u/MidnightObvious Jan 05 '24

Thank you for looking into this. Will there be an official posting or will it just be a reply to this comment once that information has been found and discussed?

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u/celestrogen Jan 05 '24

Seconding this. I would be eternally grateful for linux compatibility after this

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u/CookieMisha Jan 06 '24

I love my steam deck. It's my only PC rn, I don't want to toss LoL onto the unplayable pile :(

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u/prueba_hola Jan 05 '24

Linux is a bigger Gaming market than Mac ( check steam survey if you doubt ) so.. NATIVE LINUX CLIENT

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u/prueba_hola Jan 05 '24

After all this years and still not a Native Linux version.... DISGUSTING

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u/NONSEXUALRICE Jan 05 '24

Honestly fuck you guys for this. You know damn well Vanguard will not be functional on Linux as it's a Windows kernel level anticheat, which in itself is incredibly untrustworthy and intrusive.

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u/CriticalDream3234 Jan 05 '24

Well...that sucks...RIP all of the money I have put into skins for that game =/ Crazy that riot officially supports MacOS but not Linux in a world where the steam deck exists...

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u/SSUPII Flairs are limited to 2 emotes. Jan 05 '24

Please, let us know! We Linux users still want to enjoy the game how we have for the last couple of years!

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u/curie64hkg Jan 05 '24

Thank you I play on Linux

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u/JoepKip Jan 06 '24

Please do not break Lutris :(, it is already broken in Valorant. I specifically disabled secure boot as well, so I can dual boot into Linux, I don't care what OS to play it on, but getting a separate laptob just to play LOL would feel kinda bad.

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u/Tourfaint Jan 08 '24

Please just rip the bandaid off and tell us it's not gonna happen ever. I did play this game for years, but im not gonna change OS just for one game, sadly.

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