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by hot_gril 758 days ago
If Minecraft were a Microsoft product from the start, they probably wouldn't have made the Java version compatible with Mac or Linux (even though it uses JVM, there are some natives included), or wouldn't have made a Java version to begin with.
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pjerem 758 days ago
Also it’s pretty ironic that Microsoft, who wants to convince the entire world that c#/netcore is the next multi-os platform isn’t capable of delivering anything else than Minecraft Java on Linux.

It’s a shame that I can’t play with my son from my Linux PC since he plays on switch (so the c#/bedrock edition)

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lupusreal 758 days ago
> It’s a shame that I can’t play with my son from my Linux PC since he plays on switch (so the c#/bedrock edition)

There are some plugins for the java edition server that allow bedrock clients to join, that might be an option for you.

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pjerem 757 days ago
Oh nice ! I’ll check that !
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neonsunset 758 days ago
Bedrock edition is written in C++ and does not use C#.
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pjerem 757 days ago
Oh, didn’t know that, thanks !
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neonsunset 757 days ago
If it were, targeting all platforms would have been fairly easy (assuming it would still rely on OpenGL), sometimes just specifying RID e.g. `linux-arm64`.
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circuit10 757 days ago
They could target Linux fine with their C++ code, they actually have secret builds for Linux for Marketplace creators (they have been leaked occasionally) but they don’t allow the general public to use them

There is an unofficial Linux launcher that can run the Android build

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hot_gril 757 days ago
One of the nice side effects of not playing video games anymore is I don't have to touch anything from Microsoft with a 10' pole.
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hot_gril 758 days ago
It doesn't work in Wine? Or maybe that's too annoying to deal with.
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pjerem 757 days ago
No it doesn’t. It’s a UWP app with DRMs everywhere.

Although there is an unofficial Linux launcher capable of running Bedrock natively using the embedded machine code in the Android version but it requires to buy the game one more time from the Google play store.

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jamesgeck0 757 days ago
The PC version of Bedrock edition is only available from the relatively locked down Microsoft Store.
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hot_gril 757 days ago
Ah, game over
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