@bendurso Yeah just for Linux. Main reason is because of the way Linux shares libraries so you need to use a version of the library that is the same or older than the version a user will have. So using a newer OS will use a newer version of a library which users on older OS versions won't have available.
For standard programs there are solutions to this like flatpak. snap, appimage, but I don't think such a solution exists for plugins.
I just checked and I'm using Linux Mint 18.