i think we cracked the code on getting some linux builds working

lib/sdl3/SDL/build.zig

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub const revision = formatted_version ++ " (" ++ vendor_info ++ ")";
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
-    var preferred_linkage: std.builtin.LinkMode = b.option(
+    const preferred_linkage: std.builtin.LinkMode = b.option(
         std.builtin.LinkMode,
         "preferred_linkage",
         "Prefer building statically or dynamically linked libraries (default: static)",
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         "Deprecated; use 'preferred_linkage' instead",
     ) orelse .static;
 
-    preferred_linkage = .dynamic;
     const strip = b.option(
         bool,
         "strip",
@@ -546,7 +545,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .pic = pic,
     });
     const sdl_lib = b.addLibrary(.{
-        .linkage = .dynamic, //if (emscripten) .static else preferred_linkage,
+        .linkage = if (emscripten) .static else preferred_linkage,
         .name = "SDL3",
         .root_module = sdl_mod,
         .version = .{

lib/sdl3/build.zig

@@ -42,9 +42,28 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
 
+    var linux = false;
+    var windows = false;
+    var macos = false;
+    switch (target.result.os.tag) {
+        .windows => {
+            windows = true;
+        },
+        .linux => {
+            linux = true;
+        },
+        .macos => {
+            macos = true;
+        },
+        else => {},
+    }
+
+    const preferred_linkage: std.builtin.LinkMode = if (linux) .static else .dynamic;
+
     const sdl_dep = b.dependency("sdl", .{
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
+        .preferred_linkage = preferred_linkage,
     });
 
     const sdl3_lib = sdl_dep.artifact("SDL3");