Quote Originally Posted by Saccharin View Post
Two issues: as you mentioned I very much doubt they are compatible. There's no standard Linux unlike Windows and there's just not enough users to justify one.

The macOS client isnt actually a new client it's the Windows client with a compatibility wrapper; in fact it functions the same as Wine on Linux./
I'm pretty sure the wrapper used in the Mac Client is based on wine.

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There's plenty of how-tos on the Wine AppDB on how to get FFXIV working. (It still won't work quite as on Windows. Dual-booting for games is still the best option).