[Cogohst]

...I finally got Minecraft to properly launch on Ubuntu.

[alexrybicki]

Congrats.
What was the issue? I didn't really have much of an issue. Aside from bad linux intel video drivers for my sandybridge. :/

I wrote some instructions for someone on reddit awhile ago. This might help anyone else:

use ubuntu software center to install openjdk-7-jre 7
~$ sudo update-alternatives --config java Then select openjdk 7
Right click on your minecraft.jar file and hit Properties > OpenJDK 7 > Set as Default or run this script to launch: http://pastebin.com/titPFG0X
you might also have to download lwjgl-2.8.2.zip http://lwjgl.org/download.php, extract and copy /lwjgl-2.8.2/native/linux/ contents to /usr/lib/jni
Also it's a good idea to replace your /.minecraft/bin/natives with these same files. Extract the contents of the zip /lwjgl-2.8.2/jar/ to your /.minecraft/bin/ directory. It should work fine and you'll be up to date.
You might need to reboot after this before minecraft will work.

[guadalcanal1]

Could I have that in english please? What is "Ubuntu?"

[alexrybicki]

Could I have that in english please? What is "Ubuntu?"

It's a linux-based Operating System. http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

[fritterdonut]

Could I have that in english please? What is "Ubuntu?"

On topic: I use Linux Mint 11, for web browsing and music and the like, and I recommend it highly.

[FaeynHeart]

I use Archlinux when possible. Otherwise, it will probably be Ubuntu or OpenSuse for laptops. But Archlinux is amazing imo. But if you don't know what you're doing, then don't touch it.

[alexrybicki]

I use Archlinux when possible. Otherwise, it will probably be Ubuntu or OpenSuse for laptops. But Archlinux is amazing imo. But if you don't know what you're doing, then don't touch it.

Agreed, Archlinux is awesome. Definitely not an entry level OS though. Lately I've been compiling my own kernel and then getting enough dependencies to run VM and then I virtualize ubuntu over it. No matter how much I try, I can't find a better repository set than ubuntu and I absolutely love apt. I can't stand Unity though, and so I've been running Gnome 3 aka Gnome-shell. It's actually not that bad. Once you get the workflow it's almost as good as gnome 2.