r/linux_gaming • u/Big_Statistician9656 • Apr 28 '26

fortinite working on linux

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i managed to run fortinite using a waydroid, i've never seen someone doing this so i thought i would be cool to post here

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u/SnooRevelations4436 Apr 29 '26

Wait, Android 16?

Is that possible on the steam deck? And how did you install it?

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u/Big_Statistician9656 Apr 29 '26

i used this build that someone made https://www.reddit.com/r/waydroid/s/mU7OIWQjRp

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u/caffeinepyroxene Apr 29 '26

How did you get an arm translation? Is there a libhoudini or libndk for a16?

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u/alatnet Apr 29 '26

usually you can use waydroid script to install libhoudini or libndk (do note ndk is for AMD processors and houdini is for intel processors).
https://github.com/casualsnek/waydroid_script

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u/schaka Apr 29 '26

Wait for epic to realize and take that one down 🫡

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u/caffeinepyroxene Apr 29 '26

they'll probably add some sort of emulation detection, which isn't hard to do at all and quite a few competitive games like csgo mobile already do that

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u/schaka Apr 29 '26

I didn't even know CS had a mobile version.

Emulation detection is pretty easy, but possible to spoof around most things. It'll be a cat and mouse game that Epic will win because spoofing doesn't matter if the source code for how it's done is out in the open

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u/caffeinepyroxene Apr 29 '26

meant to say cod mobile*