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Valve put up a new Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 with a move towards 64-bit (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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To ensure games run well on Linux either via Native Linux builds or Windows games with Proton, part of the magic is in the Steam Linux Runtime. A new version of it, the Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 was recently put up with some pretty big changes.

What's the point of it? It ensures Steam and games run through Steam on Linux work properly across all the many different Linux distributions. Another secret Valve sauce for Linux. Well, not secret at all but you get my meaning I'm sure.

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[–] GottaHaveFaith@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Didn't they already announce they're going to drop 32 bit?

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 15 hours ago

Hey mild necro after a week, but it seems to be happening already. The new beta is 64bit! https://lemmy.ca/post/55858408

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ah yes it looks like they did say that support for 32bit Windows is stopping soon:

Thanks I had missed this completely!

I assume this is the first step for them to move the client itself to being a 64bit executable later.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

If you're talking about Fedora, no. One of the maintainers just proposed it and the media/commenters in the community went crazy without knowing the facts.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

For windows at least, but I assume they'd do it across the board at once