*WIP* Native Linux Launcher

[Alexander90802]

Vibe coded a native Linux launcher for OctoWoW since I wanted a cleaner alternative to the install process through Steam. It runs the client through a self-managed Proton prefix, so no manual Steam shortcut needed.

Since I first posted this, it's picked up a few real updates:

- Client downloads now go through a torrent updater instead of straight HTTP, so it's faster and easier on the mirror.
- Fixed a crash (Error 132) some people were hitting on launch, turned out to be a race condition in the client itself that only shows up on higher core-count CPUs. It's pinned to a single core now to work around it.

Not sure if this is useful to anyone else, but here it is if so. If you use it and run into any issues or have suggestions, leave them below and I'll get to them as soon as possible.

https://github.com/OxLlamaLinOct/octolauncher-linux/

[Vizzen]

Thanks for the development effort.

I've been using the updater for a while now, it works just as on Windows, I've only having troubles when actually launching client where the mouse is non responsive except for a moment when i Alt Tab, also, the mouse cursor is greyed out (Still has the finger shape, only its all a single tone of grey). The client works fine by launching through steam even if both are using the same proton version (GE 11.5), so i just made two desktop entries, one for the updater and another for launching the actual game.

Again thanks a lot for developing the project, ill be looking forward for future updates.

[Intetlol]

Works flawlessly in Mint, just had to run the actual game .exe later via Proton in Steam as a "non-Steam game", but other than that it's perfect.

Constant 240fps, all add-ons and mods loaded.

Kudos!

[Kongo]

Zero complaints here. It works great dude, well done!
I'm on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS