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Steam Will End Windows 32-bit OS Support Next Year - Hopefully Linux Follows (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can't the dependencies just be installed with the steam client? Yes, it's ridiculous that steam isn't 64-bit, but I don't see the huge problem programs with having 32-bit dependencies. Am I missing something?

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Steam doesn't have the 32-bit library files you need. Every system is different.

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Finding 32 bit libraries hasn't been a problem with any package manager I've ever used in Linux for a long time. This isn't a problem for any modern distribution.

[–] unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

It's not a problem for users, it is a problem for maintainers: https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-44-will-not-lose-32-bit-software/

Nowadays there is basically no reason for mainstream distros to have to maintain 32-bit libraries and dependencies... Except steam.