Linux Dedicated Server

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  1. #1
    matt Facepunch 2,045
    Nobody wants to run servers on Windows. The engine builds for Linux, there are some runtime bugs to resolve still.
  2. #2
    Titanovsky 3,973
  3. #3
    Festivized Killstreak Idiot
    A linux version of everything in general would be nice, s&box doesn't like to cooperate with Proton.
  4. #4
    Vaycron 3,457

    Linux version native please. Game likes to act up on proton. Would be a smart move with the steam machines coming out. And steam decks

  5. #5
    matt Facepunch Started this 2,045
    Yeah we're gonna do that. But the dedicated server is what you get working first.
  6. #6
    IGSteven 2,865
    proton was a pain but I managed it with wine, Was able to get it to work on docker with it being compatible with pterodactyl for proper hosting (non-root, proper console output).

    Few of the things i did find.
    - Debian is basically a no go, too meny issues with wine
    - Dependencies: Wine (both 32 and 64), win10, vcrun2022, xvfb-run, Winetricks,
    - Split docker setup, Build with Debian, run with Alpine.

    Still a few things I am trying to sort:
    - runtime steamcmd can problematic for updates
    - logs to /home/container/logs
    - ability to swap to staging.

    The Image & egg can be found on github
  7. #7
    Jadus
    Linux server helps pave the way for the game/engine itself to run natively, so this has my full attention. Thank you, developers, for giving us linux users hope.
  8. #8
    vMax 1,090
     Can’t wait to have an official Linux repository for SteamCMD, at least we’ll be able to report all the bugs on dedicated server linux
  9. #9
    Arcev 150
    Linux better overall, theres a reason its configured for the most stable server infrastructure on the planet.

    Hopefully will be looking into improving this further, however FP needs to adjust their InteropGen for native linux
  10. #10
    Mutierende Zellen Gottes
    Is there a plan to have native Linux support for the s&box editor?
  11. #11
    ARDI 245
    linux when?
  12. edited Apr 2026 #12
    IGSteven 2,865
    Hopefully when this pull request gets merged.
    edit: Just noticed i linked the wrong repo! :P
  13. #13
    Lucky 1,242