![]() And some good documentation and tutorials too. So what are the current options for the official OSRS client on Linux? Believe it or not, there are a couple of good options around. Back then I played OSRS in Ubuntu Linux using Mozilla Firefox and the IcedTea-Web plugin! Yes, playing RuneScape in a web browser just like in 2005. Ahhhh… those were the days! And not because I like OSBuddy - I didn’t even use it. jar) file that can easily be run on all platforms, Linux included.īefore RuneLite was around, people said the same about OSBuddy. And they are right, it does have a Java executable (. Most people will say… Just use RuneLite on Linux. If you navigate to the OSRS client downloads page you will only see options for Windows, OS X (Mac) and Mobile. Basically, this means that there is no official support for running the OSRS client on a Linux system. On the other hand - Linux as a headless server is to die for! Anyway, the point I am making is that like most games, in Old School RuneScape (OSRS) Linux support takes a major backseat. I am a diehard Linux user, but I just don’t like any desktop Linux distributions/environments. Even desktop Linux operating systems are somewhat lacking. ![]() Linux and gaming do not generally go hand-in-hand. Running the JaGeX Applet Viewer: Launcher.Running the JaGeX Applet Viewer: Command Alias.Running the JaGeX Applet Viewer: Commands.Downloading and Extracting the JaGeX Applet Viewer.System Configuration: Installing Java and the MSITools.In this post I document the most desirable method to get the JaGeX Applet Viewer, outline the various command line options and when to use them, provide a summary of how to install the client system-wide for any user, and finally how to easily run the client using a command alias or launcher. There are a variety of approaches to installing and running the official client on Linux - but they all invovle downloading or extracting JaGeX Applet Viewer ( jagexappletviewer.jar) and running it using Java and specific command line options. But there are work-arounds to get the official client running on any Linux distribution. The general process to install and run the official client on Linux is not straight-forward as there is no multi-platform installer. I generally use the RuneLite client, but I was messing around the other day and tried installing the official OldSchool client on Ubuntu, and this post outlines how I got it working… and some interesting stuff I discovered along the way. This post documents how I downloaded, installed and run the official OSRS client on a fresh Ubuntu Desktop Linux version 18.04 system.
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