I built a PC for the family yesterday, and I’m hoping to get away with going 100% Linux. What makes me a little nervous is that Epic Games, GOG, battle.net, EA store, etc don’t officially support Linux. If I try using Lutris, or Heroic Games Launcher, or something similar to use those platforms, is there a chance my account will get banned? I’ve seen some stories about people getting banned from Apex Legends using Linux, but since I don’t play that one I’m not too concerned about it.
Has anyone had a bad experience?
No, you can get banned for circumventing anti cheat to play on Linux, but that’s not anything to do with Linux specifically.
I’ve been running and enjoying HGL on ChimeraOS for the last few months.
While some people have been falsely banned on Apex in the past, it’s become much more rare and a lot of people were able to get unbanned by going through the proper channels.
A few years ago I was caught up in an Overwatch 1 ban wave. The ban happened while in a match and support didn’t help. After a few days Blizzard automatically reverted those false Linux bans without any public notice. Iirc this was the second ban wave where Linux were banned and later unbanned in Overwatch.
