Just tried 1.8.9 on the beta version of the minecraft launcher, works perfectly fine on Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Can confirm, unable to load any version's of 1.8.X on Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Keysune
Just tried 1.8.9 on the beta version of the minecraft launcher, works perfectly fine on Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS