AND allows you to easily spin up a dedicated server for multiplayer, WITH easily synced mods between all players.
AND well-defined mod migration for updating mods to new Factorio versions without breaking them or your maps.
AND well-defined mod migration for updating mods to new Factorio versions without breaking them or your maps.
(As someone who uses a Linux machine as the "primary" desktop, only switching to a Windows machine for games and other things that need it, I find it really nice to have a quick-to-launch game that runs perfectly on Linux.)