In Linux land, “not supported on” and “doesn’t work on” are two very different things.
Ran into this the other day, when an update broke a game I was playing. Checked the game forum and the developer said that the workaround was to move a DLL up one level in the directory. When people asked if that solution would work for every distro, the developer would only say that it’s supported on steam deck, since that’s what they are testing on. Of course, that solution works on all distros, as far as I can tell, but the developer isn’t going to test and verify that.
Ran into this the other day, when an update broke a game I was playing. Checked the game forum and the developer said that the workaround was to move a DLL up one level in the directory.
You can’t say all distros because there’s always some asshole using some obscure version that makes it impossible to move a file or the correct location is different. Then everything devolves into how dare you not know this thing attacks.
In my past live I used to be a video editor for a tv network and remember one of the technicians walking by with the Avid guy (video editing software) and telling him that he was able to install and work with Avid {version number} in Windows {version number} and the Avid guy was like not supported doesn’t mean isn’t going to work, it’s mean that if broke in the middle of a project and you lost everything done we’re going to close your ticket without giving you any support
In Linux land, “not supported on” and “doesn’t work on” are two very different things.
Ran into this the other day, when an update broke a game I was playing. Checked the game forum and the developer said that the workaround was to move a DLL up one level in the directory. When people asked if that solution would work for every distro, the developer would only say that it’s supported on steam deck, since that’s what they are testing on. Of course, that solution works on all distros, as far as I can tell, but the developer isn’t going to test and verify that.
Hello, fellow Elder Scrolls Online player.
You can’t say all distros because there’s always some asshole using some obscure version that makes it impossible to move a file or the correct location is different. Then everything devolves into how dare you not know this thing attacks.
Temple os gang 🤘
That’s not exclusive to Linux. That’s what it means everywhere.
I’m my experience, “Not supported on Mac” or “Not supported on Windows” very much means that it won’t work.
In my past live I used to be a video editor for a tv network and remember one of the technicians walking by with the Avid guy (video editing software) and telling him that he was able to install and work with Avid {version number} in Windows {version number} and the Avid guy was like not supported doesn’t mean isn’t going to work, it’s mean that if broke in the middle of a project and you lost everything done we’re going to close your ticket without giving you any support
“I didn’t test that scenario”