Vinegar - The Better Way to Run Roblox on Linux

I have this issue too!
When I open Roblox Studio, it just says that there was a serious error. (or something similar, currently not on my main machine)

I’m running an install of Debian 12 on an RTX 2060 Super and an i5-9400F, so maybe it has something to do with Debian-based distros or Nvidia’s drivers? That’s my best guess, but I have no experience in Linux app development.

Hopefully this can get fixed soon, Windows 11 in my experience is too slow and clunky for me.

edit - mistyped cpu smh

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does it work with Roblox Studio?

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Do you think this would be able to run on Kubuntu?

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Absolutely. You can either compile vinegar or use the flatpak.

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Sounds like a great FOSS project. I’m going to try it out!

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can’t seem to get studio to work, instantly crashes and opens the wine debugger which is about as helpful as you’d expect

tried every renderer i could, guess that’s the one reason to keep my windows ssd

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Finally. Roblox is playable again without having to reinstall a Bloat Infested OS

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It’s a Wine bug. You will need the childwindow patch (already included with Flatpak) and you will need to set your DPI to 192. Some people have also had luck with a DPI of 120.

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Getting a

go: errors parsing go.mod:
 /home/username/vinegar/go.mod:14: unknown block type: retract
make: *** [Makefile:17: vinegar] Error 1

Error when trying to run the make step when installing from source.
I have every required dependency that I’m aware of, and am running on Debian 11 (using ChromeOS’s linux feature if it really matters)

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Update your go version, the retract block was very recently added. Alternatively, use flatpak.

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Hey can’t get it to run on this Ubuntu version…


It just “doesn’t know how to treat the file”, that’s what it says…
(The pc is running on Lubuntu)

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You have quite a bit to fix before Vinegar will run…
First off, your version of Linux is EXTREMELY old; I’d patch it immediately because there is great security risk from simply having your system connected to the internet.

Additionally, you have an x86 only distribution (hinted by the i686), so you will not be able to play Roblox (a 64-bit game).

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Unfortunately, only Roblox App doesn’t work on Vinegar, Roblox Studio works perfectly. When I run the Roblox App (VInegar), it gives a Memory Dump problem.

My Linux distribution is Pop_OS 22.04 LTS (x64) | Based on Ubuntu.

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So the thing is, the build is extremely old as well so I don’t think I’ll be able to update the Linux version, and I also don’t believe it is an x86 distribution…? Judging by the age of the machine, not sure though I don’t have much knowledge of that.

Found the issue, the APT install of Go was installing version 1.15 instead of the newest 1.21, had to manually install it to fix that.

As for flatpak, I’m working on a system with absurdly low amounts of disk space so I’m trying to optimize

I would try the flatpak, sometimes your installation has quirks that affect Roblox. Flatpak guarantees the same setup for everyone.

HOWEVER, I will note that CPUs without AVX support have failed to run Roblox so far. We have no solution for that at this time.

Yes, you will need to update your software by quite a bit before you can play anything, really…

Ohhh then I’m ashamed I won’t be able to play Roblox there lol

I’m having this same problem any fixes?

Just one question.

Is this spyware?