While Roblox does still remain blocked on Linux with Wine, as usual the community finds a way. The Vinegar team recently revealed Sober, a currently closed-source specialized runtime for the Android version of Roblox.
  • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
    193·
    3 months ago

    Reminder that the owner of this gamingonlinux site was a mod on this Lemmy community until they got called out for mod abuse to which they responded by deleting their lemmy account because they didn’t know mod logs are public.

    • Zozano@lemy.lolEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      If you’re over the age of twelve, playing sober should be a last resort.

  • Noo@jlai.lu
    1019·
    3 months ago

    Do we seriously need to play roblox on linux?

    • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      14·
      3 months ago

      There are people who play Roblox. Would you rather they only have the option of playing on Windows?

      • Noo@jlai.lu
        42·
        3 months ago

        Yes this game isn’t a game, it’s a online working platform for kids in disguise. It should not be even legal in the first place.

    • Kaput@lemmy.world
      13·
      3 months ago

      My kids want to play Roblox, and I don’t want windows,. So yes, playing Roblox on Linux would be nice.

    • xyz@lemmus.orgEnglish
      141·
      3 months ago

      Its popular with the kids. You don’t have to play it.

      • Noo@jlai.lu
        119·
        3 months ago

        You should stay on windows then, it’s very popular… Kids should stay on windows, it’s very popular with them. And we should never refuse something popular to kids obviously…

        You’re missing the point, please go read responses I made to the others answers I’ve got.

    • Fizz@lemmy.nz
      3·
      3 months ago

      No one said we need to play roblox on linux. We WANT to play roblox on Linux because its our computer and we want the freedom to play what we choose and not be arbitrarily limited by an asshole game studio.

      • Noo@jlai.lu
        1·
        3 months ago

        Thanks for your reply :)

        I think the problem with roblox goes far beyond the individual freedom to access a program.

        What we both say isn’t mutually exclusive. But I do think that gaming Linux communities could take a stand on the kind of gaming world we want and the kind we don’t want…

        Looking at the downvotes I get here and setting aside people who don’t like/understand irony, I feel either there are a bunch of roblox-fan (I sincerely hope it’s not it) or there are people like you who took the individual freedom to use a computer and apply it with crushing dogmatism (but without taking the time to expend on it like you did). But do gnu/Linux communities have to be chain to this ? I’m not sure. When twitter was shit, do we just said ‘never mind it runs on Linux, we’re free.’ ? Or reddit or Facebook ? No we discouraged actively to use those platforms and we build alternative that are better for people. Here what do we have ? A gaming platform with predatory practices toward children and we give it access to our computer without even the game studio had to lift a finger for it. A new (and small yes, but still) market of users for what you called yourself a ‘asshole game studio’.

          • snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works
            11·
            3 months ago

            Well if you’d rather nobody plays anything on Linux then you obviously have something else in mind so it has everything to do with this. You’re the one insisting that it should only be used for some other purpose.

            • null@slrpnk.net
              1·
              3 months ago

              I think you’re lost. My point was that of course we don’t need Roblox on Linux, we don’t need any games. So why draw the line at Roblox?

              • snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works
                11·
                3 months ago

                Well the way you said “we don’t need to play anything on Linux” implies that you’re against the idea, my response was asking what you’d be doing instead. I’m not lost, I was wondering what headspace you’re in that you’re against that entirely. However it looks like you meant it in a purely literal sense. Most games aren’t exploiting children though, so that’s why I’d draw a line there.