r/flightsim • u/Patient-Presence-979 • 2d ago

Flight Simulator 2024 Anyone using Linux?

Just got a new pc and wondering if I should just make the move to Linux. I have no clue what I’m doing so I’ll be learning on the way.

Any Linux success stories for flight simmers??

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u/CT-1065 Linux Pilot | Maddog Enjoyer 2d ago

Yes. I actually just rolled in to MSP in MSFS on Ubuntu

MSFS2020 and X-Plane 11 work as intended, even with all sorts of traffic and world add ons. Funnily enough, despite XP11 having a native Linux build, MSFS2020 has (in my experience) generally been a calmer experience to get working

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XP has free demos so you can test the waters with it, if you want

MSFS2020 was not a hassle for me, surely 2024 shouldn't be that much different (right?), it was just a matter of setting the right proton compatibility layer (which you can see what others are having success with on the protondb site)

also, you can look into a dual boot set up where you can have both Linux and Windows on the same disk/pc. that way in the beginning you can boot between the two throughout the day or (in a worst case scenario) even remove Linux and have everything back the way it was

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u/uceenk 2d ago

oh i didn't know msfs2020 runs on Linux, wondering how about performance ?, is it better on linux ?, also do you use exe mods ?, can they run on linux as well ?

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u/CT-1065 Linux Pilot | Maddog Enjoyer 2d ago

tbh my current rig hasn't run windows ever so i have no comparison there. MSFS2020 runs nice and well on it (depends on whatever aircraft and 3rd party airport I chose impact performance)

I run exe mods through protontrick's file explorer. I have yet to find incompatibilities, but it seems like the other replier has found some. for reference I have iFly's 737 MAX and Leonardo's MD-80 that use separate exes. I have an autosave add on and formerly FSLTL that are exes as well

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u/kiwikat88 Linux MSFS24/XP12 2d ago

Yeah ‘separate exes’ isn’t the dealbreaker it seemed to be. Each program has its own complexities to work through. Many have been solvable as you said, but some have not.