cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/27970929
Recently the server staff received an e-mail telling them to moderate the Discord server and the server chat on what they deem to be “appropriate.”
Below is a message from owner of the server.
Free Speech Under Attack
Dear friends, I don’t often post announcements of this sort, but I feel it’s very important for you all to know what’s currently going on.
From the very start, over 15 years ago, one of the key founding principles of MinecraftOnline has been free speech. What started out as an uncontroversal, common sense policy, has proved to be a cornerstone of this increasingly unique community. As time has passed and Western society has wavered back and forth in its political leanings, free speech has repeatedly come under attack for political reasons. It has now become common to see arrests for posts on social media in countries such as Britain and Germany, in the name of political control, which have overtaken the numbers even of traditionally totalitarian countries such as China and Russia - a truly dystopian nightmare for freedom of expression and personal liberty.
Throughout this decade and a half of change, MinecraftOnline has held steadfast to its libertarian principles, and remained an oasis of freedom and openness in an increasingly closed and controlled internet. That is, until now.
Microsoft, through their subsidiary Mojang, have issued an ultimatum to MinecraftOnline. We have been told to do away with our free speech policy (which long pre-dates Microsoft’s acquisition of Mojang), within 7 days, or face a a permanent block. If that happens, nobody will be able to play on MinecraftOnline again, and the 15-year history of this beloved server will come to a sudden and bitter end. The full email we have received today, signed facelessly only as “Mojang Enforcement”, is included below.
The email makes extremely vague claims about “harmful interactions” and “harmful comments”, and we are asking Microsoft to clarify what specific interactions and comments they consider harmful. In the meantime, please spread the word, share this info on social media. Defend free speech.
-SlowRiot
What’s the best way to play Minecraft on Linux these days?
PrismLauncher by far
Prism is a good all around because you can use offline accounts. I like ATlauncher for setting up servers quick though. They both work well but ATlauncher doesnt allow offline accounts.
So as far as I can tell, I’d need to buy the Java and Bedrock version from their website, then Prism launcher allows me to play it?
My main goal is I want my son to be able to play with his friends.
Yes exactly, mojang handles authentication and you get the game files from them directly. I believe java and bedrock are sold together now so if you bought bedrock on the microsoft store you might already own java.
Prism Launcher
Luanti (formely Minetest) began as a Minecraft clone but they are slowly getting away from the original with their own ideas. It is FOSS.
You can try that. Otherwise, Mojang has official release for debian based distro, arch based distro and a generic package for linux.
I use the technic launcher still - works fine.
I tried MultIMC and like it fine
I recommend going with the PrismLauncher fork, it allows you to download everything right inside the launcher.
I don’t know if it’s the best way, but I just download and install it as Linux is officially supported.