Alaknár@lemm.ee to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoOn August 15th, 2025, Steam will officially stop supporting Linux distributions with a version of glibc older than 2.31help.steampowered.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-linkOn August 15th, 2025, Steam will officially stop supporting Linux distributions with a version of glibc older than 2.31help.steampowered.comAlaknár@lemm.ee to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSavvyWolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-22 years agoI’m curious, would running the Flatpak version of Steam “fix” this by providing its own glibc? You know, for the people that want to stay on an old glibc yet are also comfortable with using Flatpak.
minus-squaredaq@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoYes, but which OS is still running glibc < 2.31?
minus-squarePsyhackological@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoAlmost Linux Mint Debian (2.32)
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoDebian Trixie 2.41-7 Debian stable 2.36-9
minus-squarePsyhackological@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI think they are preparing their next edition soon.
minus-squareRodneyck@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThe Hannah Montana Linux distribution?
I’m curious, would running the Flatpak version of Steam “fix” this by providing its own glibc?
You know, for the people that want to stay on an old glibc yet are also comfortable with using Flatpak.
Yes, but which OS is still running glibc < 2.31?
Almost Linux Mint Debian (2.32)
Debian Trixie 2.41-7 Debian stable 2.36-9
I think they are preparing their next edition soon.
The Hannah Montana Linux distribution?
It should.