• oce 🐆
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    49 days ago

    Does it also pull support for old Linux distributions?

    • DarkThoughts
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      239 days ago

      Not directly but I’d think they’d pull support for older system packages & kernels, which would eventually affect you. There’s not really much of a reason not to upgrade your Linux distros though.

    • @tekato
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      79 days ago

      They don’t support new technologies (Wayland), why would they drop support for old ones?

    • @Voyajer
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      49 days ago

      Steam has only ever supported the latest Ubuntu LTS and Steam OS.

      • @daggermoon
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        39 days ago

        It still works the same on any distro with SystemD. Side note, I have seen people getting Steam to work on Void and Artix.

          • @daggermoon
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            29 days ago

            That’s pretty cool. Do you have a potato computer or do you just like a minimal system?

              • @daggermoon
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                28 days ago

                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.

      • @[email protected]
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        139 days ago

        It’s Steam; you might wish they had more support on Linux, but you can’t say that Steam doesn’t support Linux.

          • @tekato
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            29 days ago

            Steam client needs the XWayland translation layer to work on any modern DE, plus 32-bit libraries (which are not installed by default).

        • @Voyajer
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          49 days ago

          He could be alluding to valve only supporting their own distro and Ubuntu LTS officially.

          • @[email protected]
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            17 days ago

            Maybe? But all the resources Valves puts towards supporting Proton benefits everyone gaming on Linux, even those not using a Steam client.