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minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoDoes it also pull support for old Linux distributions?
minus-squaretekato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThey don’t support new technologies (Wayland), why would they drop support for old ones?
minus-squareVoyajer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoSteam has only ever supported the latest Ubuntu LTS and Steam OS.
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIt still works the same on any distro with SystemD. Side note, I have seen people getting Steam to work on Void and Artix.
minus-squarekittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI use Steam and I run Alpine
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s pretty cool. Do you have a potato computer or do you just like a minimal system?
minus-squarekittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI have a minimal system on my Thinkpad T440p
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNice, I have a T420 myself. I love that machine. I was running Peppermint OS for a while. Until version 11, Hasn’t been the same since 10. The update from 10 to 11 kind of took all the magic out of it for me. Now that machine runs EndeavourOS.
minus-squareMesophar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoIt’s Steam; you might wish they had more support on Linux, but you can’t say that Steam doesn’t support Linux.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoHonestly I struggle to imagine how Steam could support it more.
minus-squaretekato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSteam client needs the XWayland translation layer to work on any modern DE, plus 32-bit libraries (which are not installed by default).
minus-squareVoyajer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoHe could be alluding to valve only supporting their own distro and Ubuntu LTS officially.
minus-squareMesophar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoMaybe? But all the resources Valves puts towards supporting Proton benefits everyone gaming on Linux, even those not using a Steam client.
Does it also pull support for old Linux distributions?
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They don’t support new technologies (Wayland), why would they drop support for old ones?
Steam has only ever supported the latest Ubuntu LTS and Steam OS.
It still works the same on any distro with SystemD. Side note, I have seen people getting Steam to work on Void and Artix.
I use Steam and I run Alpine
That’s pretty cool. Do you have a potato computer or do you just like a minimal system?
I have a minimal system on my Thinkpad T440p
Nice, I have a T420 myself. I love that machine. I was running Peppermint OS for a while. Until version 11, Hasn’t been the same since 10. The update from 10 to 11 kind of took all the magic out of it for me. Now that machine runs EndeavourOS.
What support?
It’s Steam; you might wish they had more support on Linux, but you can’t say that Steam doesn’t support Linux.
Honestly I struggle to imagine how Steam could support it more.
Steam client needs the XWayland translation layer to work on any modern DE, plus 32-bit libraries (which are not installed by default).
He could be alluding to valve only supporting their own distro and Ubuntu LTS officially.
Maybe? But all the resources Valves puts towards supporting Proton benefits everyone gaming on Linux, even those not using a Steam client.