I do think Linux users would buy licenses, just not enough of them to generate significant income to make a port worth it based on the total amount of users that use Linux as a desktop OS when compared to the user base for Windows and MacOS X. They have made it clear a port is not easy, but if someday it was or the amount of desktop users that use Linux increase dramatically, then it might make more sense. Of course people are voting on this feature so who knows maybe enough votes will convince them. Short term the only solution I can see that doesnāt involve having to install Windows OS itself, is using a software that translates Windows API calls, such as WINE. When you do this you are not using virtualization or emulating the software, you are installing eM Client into a Linux type container that just translates the Windows API calls to Linux API calls.
I would like to see a Linux version myself, but I also understand if the eM Client staff at this time point out a port is not easy and it doesnāt make financial sense based on the amount of Linux Desktop users.
For the record, I tried it with Proton and GE Proton, made no difference to the notifications being blank unfortunately. Was worth a shot I guess.
I decided to no longer use Bottles, personally. I created an executable script specifying the runner and prefix and pointed a start menu entry at it to make it behave like an actual app without running Bottles in the background. Works just the same in practice but I think Bottles is more friendly to new Linux users.
I would never rely on an emulated version of emclient.
For clarification, this is not an emulated version of eM Client, itās just the one and only authentic eM Client. Only difference being itās running inside an environment it wasnāt developed for. The compatibility layer is doing all the work to rectify this.
To fix the issue of the maximised window title bar getting all messed up and hiding the search feature edit the configuration of the bottle (i think under display settings) and turn off the setting to have your environment decorate the window.
I also changed the bottle to emulate windows 8. I think that also solved the notification text fade issue.
Changing from windows 10/11 emulation also solves the problem of the setting dialogs not starting properly. Windows 8 or 7 (either one) solved that for me.
The last issue i have running em client on wine via bottles (crossover to be specific) is that you canāt enter a license codeā¦ it takes it, thinks about processing it and displays a spinnerā¦ but never actually saves the license or applies it.
Also second order menus like View => Layout donāt draw properlyā¦ but thatās very minor.
Other than that, so long as you have all the windows fonts installed into the bottle it works really well.
To fix the issue of the maximised window title bar getting all messed up and hiding the search feature edit the configuration of the bottle (i think under display settings) and turn off the setting to have your environment decorate the window.
I fixed this in KDE by disallowing decorations for eM Client from the System settings. But I wasnāt sure this was possible across the board
You are right. I found a good runner that makes eM Client correctly display the text within notifications and allows for license activation, itās UMU-Proton-9.0-4.
Seems to be very new. And this is exactly the gap they are trying to fill: A good email client for Linux that is modern etc. Exactly, what eM should do and hopefully will do sometime
Switched to Linux now, andā¦ unfortunatelyā¦ switched to another Mail client now.
You are right. I found a good runner that makes eM Client correctly display the text within notifications and allows for license activation, itās UMU-Proton-9.0-4.
I tried that one but on my end it causes eM Client to crash when right clicking. Is there a fix for this?
I did find it crashed on Windows 10 or 11 a bit but if you try Windows 8.1 it should be stable. Wine-GE-Proton8-26 also shows notification text correctly.
With the path Microsoft has choosen it drives customers to other alternatives. Mostly to Linux.
Compagnues who only have Windows versions, will also lose there customers because they donāt support other OS.
So staying with Windows will drag those compagnies down. Adobe is such a company, The already lost millions of income because of that.
There are plenty of alternatives for windows now.
Interestingly we have recently completed a market share analysis for a
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Linux desktop market share has grown significantly, exceeding 4% globally in 2025
to reach over 5% in the US.
Over the same period Windows still dominates desktops at around 68% to 71%M
MacOS maintains about 16% to 20%
Linux dominates servers at about 44%+
Linux has 100% of the top 500 supercomputing
Ubuntu is the top distro and has rising popularity wih devops
We have not included the bulk of the report, however, it is possible that the
growth of Linux was in part because of Windows 10 support issues, and might
slow as it is now straightforward and possible to move to Windows 11 with a
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Throwing my hat into the Linux ring too. My company fully uses Linux (specifically NixOS) and I myself am migrating out of the Windows 11 ecosystem. I have been a Windows user all my life, but the recent AI slop and privacy issues of Windows have pushed me away. Worse still: Windows shows me ads directly in the OS itself that angers me. Countries are taking notice too and entire governments in Europe are moving to Linux too. Itās only a matter of time.
I saw Wayland or X11 being brought up. I think if any effort is made to make a Linux version, it should jump right on Wayland right away, since the major desktop environments GNOME and KDE both default to Wayland now.
+1 For a Linux client. The main reason I havenāt gone full Linux is EM Client and Iām getting to the point where Iāll need to find an alternative.
I really feel EM Client would get a significant portion of the Linux market as this area is woefully undeserved.
