having issues connecting (linux)

hi! sorry, i'm new. i'm trying to login, i've registered and all that, but i'm a little lost on the ingame side. i've gone to network and have clicked on connect, but it doesn't do anything for me. i'm running this on linux mint with wine, and i've done all the DLL install and setup stuff as per the faq. is the connect button supposed to open a browser window?

tiny update, i can run the

tiny update, i can run the settings menu on it's own (apparently???) and that shows me the news at least. so...??? (sorry, image is from discrod and for some reason it wasn't showing up when doing img src)
-- i, infact, have no idea what i'm doing. --

installed the 2009 version on

installed the 2009 version on the site, and while it at least tries to connect and shows people are online, i still can't log in. is there maybe a file i can put my login info into? otherwise i have 0 idea how to fix this.

-- i, infact, have no idea what i'm doing. --

I tried to get it to work too

I tried to get it to work too but I never got further either. (I was trying on a steam deck for reference) I also have no idea what I'm doing though, hahah.

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