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OK, it bothers me when people say "Steam on Linux". It's really "Steam on Ubuntu". Some other distros are supported with 32-bit only packages, but if you're ru
by nathanb 13y ago
OK, it bothers me when people say "Steam on Linux".
It's really "Steam on Ubuntu". Some other distros are supported with 32-bit only packages, but if you're running a 64-bit OS you need .deb package support.
I haven't installed 32-bit support on any Linux system I've provisioned this decade. Even corporate IT at my job, who are normally borderline incompetent at providing a workable environment, have native 64-bit packages for everything I use.
So when Steam (and Skype, and so on) gets released "for Linux", I just sigh and shake my head.
I'm a Linux user. And I can't run your program. Don't tell me it's "for" me.
- jeltz 13y agoThere has been some progress here. Steam has been repackaged for several other distributions. http://packages.debian.org/experimental/steam http://packages.debian.org/experimental/steam https://www.archlinux.org/packages/multilib/x86_64/steam/ https://www.archlinux.org/packages/multilib/x86_64/steam/
- nathanb 13y agoYes...for instance, I use Arch Linux. 64-bit. With no 32-bit support. I want to support Steam on Linux because I think it's a good thing. But I don't want to install 32-bit support in order to do so. I realize that I'm complaining about something that has an easy workaround I'm refusing to use. But it's weird that they'll support 64-bit Ubuntu and not 64-bit anything else.
- gizmo686 13y agoValve is only providing official support for Ubuntu. The licence for the Steam Launcher (in Ubuntu) specifically grants permission for people to modify and redistribute the launcher to make it work on other platforms.