I think they just meant that Microsoft owns Minecraft and you need an account with them these days. Java Edition stills runs on GNU/Linux last I checked.
>it's been decade since I played the game
Unfortunately you may have lost access to your account and thus copy of the game if you didn't do the two mandatory time-limited account migrations.
>it's been decade since I played the game
Unfortunately you may have lost access to your account and thus copy of the game if you didn't do the two mandatory time-limited account migrations.