Elizabeth K. JosephFeb 20

Our 7 year old wants to play Minecraft on a computer now because the Java edition has different features and blah, blah, blah I wasn't listening because he talks about Minecraft a lot and I'm tired 😝

So he asked me for a Windows laptop 😱

Then he got on my Linux desktop, clearly disappointed with what he found, and tried to launch Windows.

I guess it's time to have The Talk 🐧 #linux

Show threadKamihack

@pleia2 I guess there's a way to run the latest Minecraft on Linux(?)

They changed from OpenGL to Vulkan and that's good for Linux usage.

I read there's a Minecraft launcher(?)

I can offer some help, even if I have never used it, just in case you want to rubber duck or troubleshoot something.

Feb 20 at 7:29pmWeb
Show threadElizabeth K. JosephFeb 20

@kamihack Yep! You can even download it from the official Minecraft website. I've never tried it though.

I expect I'll have to buy the PC version eventually, so I should probably just do that and give it a spin.

(We also bought it for the PS5 and the Switch, when will this madness end?!)

Show threadΣ(i³) = (Σi)²Feb 20
@pleia2 @kamihack Steam works fine on Linux and Minecraft happily runs through Steam. That's how my kid ended up using the Mint server with the expensive GPU to play games while I was using his eMachines PC to (try to) do work...
Show threaddr.nixonFeb 21
@pleia2 @kamihack buying Java version means you can also launch the Windows (Bedrock) version. No separate purchase required. They started bundling license some time ago. Having said that, the Java version is the only version I’ve ever used. I run it on my Mac, but the world I’ve hosted since 2016 is on a headless Debian box. All of the most popular multiplayer servers are on Java.
Show threaddr.nixonFeb 21
@pleia2 @kamihack not worth acquiring a Windows box and all headaches involved for one game anyway. If your kid truly wants to play Bedrock, it runs on platforms like Switch or mobile … but not macOS or Linux. MS made it nearly but not completely cross-platform. By choice, of course.
Show threadKamihackFeb 21
@drnixon @pleia2 isn't it playable using Proton compatibility layer?
Show threaddr.nixonFeb 21
@kamihack @pleia2 don’t know. They may block it from working on anything other than Windows. No technical constraint that I can see. The macOS restriction for example is dumb as game runs on iOS, same back end. Used to be able to launch iOS app on macOS but no more. MS did a lot of work to lock out users on two desktop OSs, out of spite?
Show threadMatthew MillerFeb 20

@kamihack @pleia2

Java edition Minecraft has always worked perfectly well on Linux. There are a number of popular launchers.