Just been playing the linux version and it's fantastic. My system is low-spec:
-Computer-
Processor : 4x AMD A4-5000 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics
Memory : 3990MB (567MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Puppy Linux
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed Feb 13 10:46:21 2019
-Display-
Resolution : 1600x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : GeForce GT 720/PCIe/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
Audio Adapter : PC-Speaker - pcsp
-Input Devices-
Power Button
Power Button
SINO WEALTH USB KEYBOARD
SINO WEALTH USB KEYBOARD
USB Optical Mouse
HD-Audio Generic Front Mic
HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic
HD-Audio Generic Line
HD-Audio Generic Line Out
HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone
HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm : 3=
HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm : 7=
PC Speaker
-Printers (CUPS)-
CUPS-PDF : <i>Default</i>
-SCSI Disks-
ATA WDC WD800JD-75MS
It's a Puppy (XENIAL 7.5)64 bit version. Compilation was very complete. Since this Linux version can use Ubuntu packages as well it's own format.
I can't see any problems with other distro's so long as they meet the game's requirements.