Factorio supports macOS and Linux so well because there has always been someone at Wube who actively uses these platforms and is willing to take on the burden of supporting it.
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Factorio has supported Wayland since 1.1.77, but it needs to be explicitly enabled by setting SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland in your environment. For Factorio 2.0 I added a dropdown to select your preference in the GUI
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Many of you might not be aware that Factorio has support for saving your game in the background, without freezing while it does so. This feature is tucked away in the hidden settings and only works on macOS and Linux.
