im just curious, i play with linux off and on, because i havent found a reason to swith completely to mint. ive got an ati4850 1 gig which i know has problems with propriatary driver so im aware that ill need to use the free drivers provided by mint. notch should really get minecraft in the offcial repositorys. that said, how does minecraft work in linux, as far as im concerned, it eaither works flawlessly (with proper configuration of course), loads all mods with zero problems, and work just as good if not better then on seven. meaning, running it in linux would be considered platinum like in wine. if not, then im staying on windows7. i dont need exta headache!
I have had some experience with Linux, and that experience has shown me that it can run just about anything. Also, I have seen that there are whole Linux OS's dedicated to run minecraft server. I don't think it's an IF Linux can run minecraft; I think it is a HOW.
If it works, it should work well. If it doesn't... then you're outta luck. ATI (now AMD) linux drivers have a tendency to suck... can't seem to get Minecraft runnin' on my laptop under Ubuntu (but will work under windows). Only true way to tell is to try it and see.
Afaik, the repos don't have any provision for nonfree software, so I can't see it being added any time soon .
This has been my experience as well -- Minecraft itself works well, except when my ATI video drivers get involved, because those are not well supported by Linux -- in fact, I just had to ditch the proprietary drivers, because my video card fell off both Linux's and ATI's support horizons (time for a new computer anyway...). That said, Minecraft does manage to run pretty well anyway -- it would exit with a crash, and even without the proprietary drivers, its only a bit laggier.
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I did some CraftTweaker scripts for Mystical Agriculture. They fill in a couple of small gaps in MA, and also let you make or duplicate not only vanilla plants, but the blocks, plants and wood from Quark and Biomes O'Plenty. Also spawn eggs for most vanilla mobs! The scripts are here on Github.
This has been my experience as well -- Minecraft itself works well, except when my ATI video drivers get involved, because those are not well supported by Linux -- in fact, I just had to ditch the proprietary drivers, because my video card fell off both Linux's and ATI's support horizons (time for a new computer anyway...). That said, Minecraft does manage to run pretty well anyway -- it would exit with a crash, and even without the proprietary drivers, its only a bit laggier.