Technically while it is developed on Linux (Ubuntu as a matter of fact last I heard) but not quite "was created on linux first". You dont know want to know what it was developed first on, and developed in. (hint: none of the above). The original game is really really old
You arent a linux server huh? Too bad. The ton of command-line options and the basic setup just screams at web-interface for multiplayers. It just seems to give the windows users headaches.