Instead of asking for Linux support maybe we should be asking companies for wine/proton support, since that works for Mac and Linux. Not ideal but probably more realistic and that would solve issues for all the non-windows desktops. I would also imagine it's less work for the company to just ensure it works on wine, than it is to compile a seperate client for Linux. I don't know about anti cheat stuff but personally I wouldn't run a game that wanted that level of access to my system.

Let's just take a moment to recognize his struggle to find a few more programmers

Maybe if we pool together and buy just one more pack of gems (or whatever they call them) they can pull off what must surely be a truly Herculean technical feat