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You haven't been asked to support every distribution, just Debian, and possibly Ubuntu. Please pay attention to this advice. Supporting Debian practically gets
by fnordfnordfnord 11y ago
You haven't been asked to support every distribution, just Debian, and possibly Ubuntu. Please pay attention to this advice. Supporting Debian practically gets you Ubuntu support for free, as well as a number of other popular distributions.
- cwyers 11y agoI am going to save this comment for the next time someone asks why more games don't have official Linux support.
- tormeh 11y agoSteam and most Linux games can be run on any distribution with a bit of work on the user's part. The problem with officially supporting something is that suddenly the vendor is responsible for the game not working. That shit costs time and money. You say Debian, but sooner or later someone will demand support for Damn Small Linux. It's better to just stop at Ubuntu and let users of other distros install the right dependencies themselves.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoPerhaps you're new to Linux. Let me assure you that Debian is a very popular distribution upon which many other distributions are based, and is in no way equivalent to suggesting support for one or a number of niche or less popular distros. I don't even use Debian myself, but I suggest it because I know that if Debian is supported then getting support for my preferred distribution will be effortless; the same is true for Ubuntu.