4 is teh hardest part

run it on a windows vm...?

not sure if this satisfies your other points, but SubaHibi werked for me on linux. Also teh hard part isn't really even getting it to run, for me the trouble has been getting the fonts to display at all

>>111307
Using wine or some shit to run windows software on Linux is for fags, just own multiple computers

>>111311
this is the one and only truth

Saya no Uta, but I am not checking for you if it can run on Linux.

>>111316
>saya no uta
1. isn't super long
checked
2. actually has good writing
unchecked. for me it sucks ass
3. has cute gorls
unchecked. just one girl.
4. easy to pirate and run on linux
anything can run on wine so checked.

>>111311
I do own multiple computers.. and they also all run linux.

>>111308
I've never actually had a problem running a visual novel, other sort of games are usually more annoying. I shouldn't've even mentioned it if it's all anyone is going to talk about ITT..

>>111316
I have already played Saya no Uta, I though it was good.

>>111319
You don't like the writing? I thought it was very well written, probably the only VN I've played which has had an actually interesting theme, it feels a lot like a lovecraft story, but with loli.

Бесконечное лето

Muv luv alternative!

while i was joking about muv luv, but story is 10/10 + cute girls and good story... it's just.... 200000000 hours.

i really like idol witch chiru chiru michiru its not the shortest, but lots of cute girls (＾Д^)

>>111341
oh~ oh~ oh~, that's a spin of from Fruit of Grisaia? another vn i need to finish...

>>111307
Phenomeno

>>111307
Marco and the galaxy dragon
Cute girls
Writing that doesn't take itself too seriously
Almost all characters are cute gorls
Too lazy to check for linux

Hope this helps OP

learn to read more you lazy bastard
every visual novel takes much longer than the average book
any generic book from a novel series you find will take maybe 12-15 hours to read, but visual novels are considered short if they're less than 20 hours long, and 40 is normal, and some of them can easily reach 80 hours long
you're really limiting yourself if you think length is an issue, because ALL visual novels are super long by book standards

YU-NO is a point and click game/visual novel bastard child, for me i'm about 20 hours in and now i'm on the final part, although an hour or two of that is from me having the game up in the background
if i had to guess it'd only take about 25 hours to complete for you, which is shortish for a vn
it also has a lot of women, sex scenes with every girl (even your mother), and the main character is somewhat of a pervert
the game runs on pc98 so you can just use an emulator which might run on linux (neko project II is what i use)
i can upload the HDI (rom) file with the english patch if you're interested

>>111412
my mistake, i seem to have mispelled "5" as "2"

not op here, what's your favourite vn with roris?

>>111442
Ichigo Mashimaro but there's no english translation

>>111410
I have a pretty low tolerance for long books as well. Typically I read short stories and novellas and watch movies instead of long TV shows. I really don't see the point in playing a 40 hour long game when it has the same 'value' (as I see it) as a 5 hour game. If otaku stuff was able to be shorter and more to the point I'd probably like it a lot more.

>I really don't see the point in playing a 40 hour long game when it has the same 'value' (as I see it) as a 5 hour game.
eh? visual novels have always been more worthwhile than most games i've played
they really dont share anything in common with manga or anime, its way more submersive
also, who the hell only plays 5 hour games?

if something is enjoyable,
longer = bettar
the only possible downside of consuming long things is if u have some kind of stupid principle of finishing media once started, and the series turn out to be boring. Luckily for me, I have low standards as long as girls are cute

>longer = bettar
i disagree to some point, as I personally haev problem with stickinng to something for too long. As i've always something else i wanna play or watch. Starting something new is moar fun!

play Galaxy Fraulein Yuna 1 and 2 on the PC-Engine CD
they're fairly short and fun

you use linux so it shouldn't be too hard to figure this out
install mednafen (emulator) and mednaffe (GUI frontend that makes mednafen much less of a pain in the ass)

first game patch:
http://stargood.org/trans/yuna.php

second game patch:
http://stargood.org/trans/yuna2.php

you'll need wine to use the provided batch files and tools, run wine cmd while in the folder and then run the batch file
or just do the patching on a Windows machine lol
CD game patching is always kind of a hassle vs just "here's my rom, here's an IPS/BPS" but it's not that hard.

the game images can be found here:
https://archive.org/download/nec_pc-engine-cd_turbografx-cd
first game is
Ginga Ojousama Densetsu Yuna (Japan) (FAAT, FABT, FACT).zip
second game is
Ginga Ojousama Densetsu Yuna 2 - Eien no Princess (Japan) (FABT).zip

these are "split bin" releases when following the instructions, I have never seen the non-split ones

emulator BIOS:
https://archive.org/download/nointro.tg-16
[BIOS] Super CD-ROM System (Japan) (v3.0).7z
extract it and mv the .pce file to ~/.mednafen/firmware/syscard3.pce

these aren't exactly groundbreaking games to a modern VN player, but they're cute, short, and very entertaining and I wanted more when I was done (＾Д^)
the production values are excellent and they're considered fairly classic by the nihonjin

and Yuna is so cute... (*´人｀*)

>>111449
i will learn japanese

>>111501
oh yeah, there's also the Sailor Moon PC-Engine one but I didn't actually play it yet

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Japan).zip is the file on the CD download page
and
http://stargood.org/trans/bssm_pcecd.php
is the download link
you'd set it up in the same way as the Yuna games

there are interactive segments here and there but the vast majority is just a straight VN affair
the art is nowhere as nice as in Yuna but oh well