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Minecraft 1.12 is officially available and yes the Linux version continues to be supported. They've added a bunch of new blocks, parrots and a whole new advancements system and more.

They even made a trailer for this release:
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Note: For some reason they still aren't linking the new Linux launcher on their downloads page, the one that doesn't require Java. You can download it here (tar) or here (.deb).

What's new? (see the release notes)
  • Added Glazed Terracotta blocks
  • Renamed Hardened Clay to Terracotta
  • Added Concrete Powder blocks
  • Added Concrete blocks
  • Updated base color palette
  • Added advancements
  • Added recipe book
  • Added Knowledge Book item
  • Added Parrots
  • Added functionality to save toolbars in creative mode
  • Added text-to-speech narrator
  • Added new sounds for the Note blocks
  • Added commands relating to recipes and advancements
  • Many minor fixes and changes
  • Removed Herobrine


Are you still playing it, if so show us some of your recent creations in the comments! Would love to see what you've been up to. My son absolutely adores the game and it's helped me get interested in it once again, kids eh! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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scaine Jun 9, 2017
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Quoting: Dax Tailor(Not sure if its fair to compare FortressCraft Evolved with Minecraft.)

Oh my god, fair? Who cares? FCE is awesome! It's Minecraft meets Factorio... and I haven't even played Factorio! In fact, I'm actually scared to try Factorio, since it's meant to be awesome, but I found that FCE is so addictive, I could barely play anything else for as long as it took me to realise how ridiculously deep (literally in fact) the game was!

Great stuff. Provided you don't have real life things to get in the way of a good sesh, I fully recommend it. My kids would generally disagree...
nifker Jun 10, 2017
And still no non-java Linux edition.
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