IDK how much it would cost to make a Linux version, but I would think the amount of money from microtransactions they would be getting would make up for it
I'm not 100% certain if EasyAntiCheat supports Wine at all, or even Linux at all, but that's what they (Epic Games) use. If not, they'd have to write an in-house solution that probably won't work.
In the past (again, I'm not sure about the present), CS:GO was victim to having a Linux client; rather, people figured out that it was much more vulnerable to exploits due to it not having a working anti-cheat solution.
It does. EAC detects Wine, and can load a Wine version if the developers enable it. There have also been a few cases where they enabled it upon player requests (without dev involvement).
Not being able to play Fortnite on Linux is probably my son's current, great disappointment. :-P
We could get it and not let them take it anywhere, but we moved to Steam on Linux pretty much.
Plus, it's nice to play in the lounge with all the family. I'm glad to hear you have the previous consoles and can do so!