I know this topic has been discussed many times over the past few years, but I’d like to revisit it because I believe Linux is increasingly becoming a viable option for gamers (who see how Windows is becoming worse and worse). Many new games now have Linux support through tools like Proton on Steam. Therefore, I am requesting, and I’m sure many other players are as well, that you finally enable support for playing FiveM on Linux. While it is technically possible to run FiveM on Linux, it is not straightforward, and even if you manage to get it running, you often encounter issues with joining servers due to FiveM’s anti-cheat system. As Windows becomes less favorable in my opinion and probably for many others as well, Linux stands out as an excellent alternative.
I hope you will consider this request and think about implementing Linux support on the platform.
Thank you for your attention, if anyone would like to add something to the topic, please feel free to write below.
Windows is still, by a huge margin, the preferred operating system and the most used operating system. The amount of Linux users is still a fractional percentage despite what you may think and the normal windows user is no where near converting to Linux as their main OS.
I’m not sure how you can say windows is worse, especially for almost all application adoption, including games compared to Linux which is far far less supported across the board and requires much more tinkering to get things to work.
Sure, you can plead for Linux support but their are still a huge amount of fixes and features yet to be implemented and taking what little resources away from those to spend a huge amount of effort to port adhesive to Linux, would be misplaced in my opinion.
The year of Linux is not here and won’t be for quite some time even with Proton gaining more steam, pun intended.
I think you’re ignoring the “recent events” context here, aka the “Windows shitfication” which is probably what this is referring to.
That being said, FiveM on Linux is likely never going to come it would require a lot of time for the anticheat team, who would probably be better off developing for the larger ecosystem.
Im aware of the enshitification of windows but I think Linux users who request adoption miss that the everyday user is no where close to jumping ship. The barrier of entry is still way too high, especially considering how many people can’t even navigate to the proper gta folder.
I understand that Linux users are a minority. However, is that a reason not to provide support for using FiveM on Linux? I don’t want to debate whether Linux or Windows is better because that depends on the user. If someone wants to tinker with configurations but have full control, they will choose Linux. If someone prefers a ready-made product, they will choose Windows. My post is about enabling players to use Linux, not about discussing the percentage of people who use Linux.
That is quite literally my point. Linux users aren’t a protected class so it falls to whether a company wants to spend money on something that has a negative return. Hint: TakeTwo/Rockstar is all about profit and has other interests.
Kinda sounds like you’re underestimating the time and effort it’d take for something like that.
Aswell as not really realizing the reason why it hasn’t been done yet, and why its not possible.
Its more of a Vulkan/dxvk issue. Bubble has already told/asked them about it, but doesn’t seem like they will be implementing support for shared resources any time soon.
(more info can be found in other forum topics, and github issues)
And AFTER that has been implemented, there would obviously still be hundreds of hours of work left to port FiveM to Linux.
I understand your point in the entire statement, but it is outdated by a few years. Around 2018/19, when FiveM was working on introducing support for Linux, what you mentioned was marked as “unfixable.” However, in 2022, a way was found to fully run FiveM on Linux, and it is currently possible. I can say more: once launched, you can even join servers, BUT only those that have “svadhesive” disabled, meaning they have removed the FiveM anti-cheat. So currently, it is already possible to run FiveM on Linux; only the anti-cheat blocks access to most servers.
I know that myself and many other gamers/server owners would prefer Linux. It uses less resources overall and is easier on storage, therefore it tends to run better and is snappier than windows.
I would prefer to game on Linux. The only reason I have windows is because I play FiveM