Most painless way to play Old School Runescape on Linux?

I see there are several different ways to install OSRS on Linux - flatpaks, Android emulators, Steam, etc. - but can anyone recommend the best as far as ease of setup? With lack of glitches being the second priority?

I have an AMD GPU that is quite recent (<5 years)

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Molten_Moron@lemmings.world · 20 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Since they changed to Jagex accounts, you can't use Runelite directly anymore.

I use this launcher now. It lets you login to your Jagex account, then choose to play in either Runelite or the official client.

Pekka@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It would be nice if Jagex would confirm that it is fine to use this laucher. As far as I know we have no more information than this tweet from Mod Ash: https://x.com/kaelygon/status/1763667578315042847 Bolt does work the same as the official launcher, so it should not be a problem…

Molten_Moron@lemmings.world · 13 pts · 2y

Jagex's help site links to this github which is a collection of working Linux projects, including bolt.

It's not perfect, but I consider it as Jagex saying it's fine.

vortexal@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

It's been a while since I've played either Runescape or OSRS and my accounts were never upgraded to Jagex accounts, if I upgrade one of them to a Jagex account, is it possible to link my other account to that same Jagex account?

Molten_Moron@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yes, this is exactly what I did when they forced the change a while back.

It's actually kinda nice because it's only one login now and easy to switch between them.

vortexal@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

Ok thanks.

DmMacniel@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y

I guess RuneLite as an AppImage?

ZeroHora@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y

RuneLite

Zoot@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Kindajust tagging onto this post, but does anyone know how to use the HD plugin that was made for OSRS awhile back? I stopped following it, and don't remember if it had Linux support. Would love to know!

Dotcom@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

The 117HD? It works fine in Linux if you run Runelite, either via bolt or just the raw appimage

xrtxn@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y

I would say steam

Fizz@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2y

Runelite flatpak probably.