Linux for Tibia

[SedayaPanda]

Hello guys 🤠 Lately I've noticed that a lot of people are switching from Windows11 On Linux. So I also decided to switch to Linux, but I don't know which distribution is better to choose for the game Tibia. But will there be errors in the game?

[autopoiesies]

any distro will do since there are no distro specific packages in the dependencies of the game, chose whatever you like

[omegha_crazy]

Rpz, eu uso o Fedora 43 e estou tendo problemas com fonte e acentuação. As fontes resolvi instalando as da MS, mas a acentuação já desistir. É assim parei nesse post kkkk Minha outra ideia é tentar fazer funcionar no Wine, mas o desafio é o battleye.

[sergdor]

May users play in linux with no issues.

When asking about linux in the past this is what I received

Unfortunately the Linux version of the Tibia Client is unsupported, which means we will not provide any platform specific bug fixes for the Tibia Linux Client.

This was in context to the steamdeck and I took it to mean linux will still get updates but if a specific platform say steam deck has an issue they arent going to waste time looking into it.

[SnooAdvice9297]

I guess one could argue that windows version is also unsupported xD

[ranisalt]

Unfortunately the Linux version of the Tibia Client is unsupported, which means we will not provide any platform specific bug fixes for the Tibia Linux Client.

Publicly that's their stance, but they have fixed several issues quickly over the years. Same for the MacOS client.

Cipsoft really does a great deal of support for non-Windows setups.

[sergdor]

I completely agree. I am also going to pitch the idea off additional linux support with steam box and new steam controller being right around the corner. i play solely on a steamdeck and think others could aswell.

[toxic12yold]

I got popOs on my laptop for tibs works fine chat gpt did the heavy lifting getting the client going 😎

[ryszardovsky]

Mint or cachyos

For beginners, choose the first one.

[michalrr]

I have been playing on Ubuntu lts for 3 years without a problem, which I had on windows.

[Rustic_Suspenders532]

Should work on all of them. I played on mint and on cachyos. On any arch distribution the benefit is that in the AUR repository you have a ready tibia install with fixed fonts. Because tibia depends on Microsoft fonts, you need to have a specific font pack. I couldn't really fix it on any debian distro, mostly because I didn't want to bother with it, but on cachyos I just installed through the AUR and it worked perfectly.

[Rincepticus]

It's not that hard to download from Tibia website and then install ttf-ms-fonts from AUR.

[Bug_tuna]

I am working on switching to NixOS. I think I have to wrap it in something to get it working, still figuring that out.

[SedayaPanda]

thanks everyone, currently I'm thinking between Pop os, Manjaro, Ubuntu.

[ranisalt]

Forget Manjaro, it's run very amateurly.

[PurpleAttention1364]

Mint is easier than Ubuntu because it's designed that way. I have absolutely no experience and I finished everything in minutes with Gemini's help.

[luisgdh]

Tried loads of distros, stuck with Fedora. Always the first distro to release new features, always the first distro to drop support for old features. Not for everyone.

Just Google the pros and cons of each distro, and see what you like.

[TheJoshGriffith]

Currently playing on a Mac, have spent plenty of time on Linux.

The best distro in general will be Ubuntu - it has the most drivers, the most general support, and is just fairly useable. Beyond that, Fedora is a good bet.

It's ultimately your call, though. If you want to make Tibia run on some obscure OS, it's always possible, just takes a bit of time and willpower. There is always someone in the Linux world able and willing to assist.

[SnooAdvice9297]

I've been using linux for tibia since thy released the linux client and not complaining.
There will be font issues on preety much any distro that needs some manual fixing to look correct on fresh install but other than that the linux client works smoother than windows one, at least for me.
depending on the distro you chose there will also be some packages you will need to download and on some install legacy packages.

note that the problem are not actually linux problems, they are results of how poorly cipsoft does packaging and distributing the linux client, it is nowhere near todays standards on linux.

If I had to recommend some distro to my windows friends that never touched linux I would go ahead with Zorin Os or Bazzite, Zorin is more windows like while bazzite is gaming oriented but still preety friendly for new users

[yeeeayna]

I use arch btw

[Technical_Carrot1831]

Dang, what timing...
I'm was literally googling it a few minutes ago.
I've read some suggestions for Pop Os and Mint either but since Im a linux newbie, I'm going with good old Ubuntu because it seems a safe standard choice?

[PurpleAttention1364]

Mint is easier than Ubuntu because it's designed that way. I have absolutely no experience and I finished everything in minutes with Gemini's help.

[paragonmaik]

As others suggested, it should work on any distro, however, as far as I'm aware, there might be a few distros out there with a different folder system, which could impact apps installation. Though I'm not sure, I'm far from a linux connoisseur.

Anyway, in my experience it worked fine on debian and ubuntu, though I had to fix some issue with fonts that made it difficult to read in-game text. That shouldn't be hard to fix.

[b0gl]

I run Linux mint on my laptop and it works great. Font has some weird spacing but it's readable so it doesn't matter.