I was so surprised when I was preparing for the battle of installing it on my kids’ computer and found out the answer was … dl the linux version from the minecraft website.
The Trillion dollar company spent hundreds of billions aquiring the biggest name in the industry, but let me assure you they’re never going to exploit their position.
My proof? Why, they haven’t yet! And they’ve owned Activision Blizzard for, like, a really long time, like 18 whole months.
IF steam OS is ready for wide release by then, you’ll see massive adoption.
I use Linux and windows. Windows is so much simpler for 99% of ppl that grew up with it.
I love your optimism. But if even a single digit percentage of them migrates to Linux, that would be mind boggling.
Good point, I imagine Valve are keenly aware of that.
Microsoft is so powerful they’ll be able to force many games to only work on Windows
Microsoft is so incompetent that they’re buying IPs and doing fuckall with them.
Still plenty of other games to play. I’d be happy to not give them any money.
They havent even done that to their own games
I know some people who use linux exclusively for the better performance it has when playing modded minecraft
I was so surprised when I was preparing for the battle of installing it on my kids’ computer and found out the answer was … dl the linux version from the minecraft website.
You could also install one of the third party launchers( as flatpacks or from their website) to easily download mods
Thanks, I’ll check that out.
Prism launcher and ATlauncher are 2 good options
For prism launcher, it may be required to manually choose which version of java to use
The Trillion dollar company spent hundreds of billions aquiring the biggest name in the industry, but let me assure you they’re never going to exploit their position.
My proof? Why, they haven’t yet! And they’ve owned Activision Blizzard for, like, a really long time, like 18 whole months.
I mean, they haven’t been able to do that so far. Not even close.
Linux is already the superior OS for gaming and has been for a while. Windows represents a consistently degraded experience.
We’re entering the robber barron era, get ready for them to play hardball if their monopoly is threatened
Some people use their computers for actual work.