mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoBazzite founder might shutdown whole project if Fedora drops support for 32 bit packageslemmy.mlimagemessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up1438arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1429arrow-down1imageBazzite founder might shutdown whole project if Fedora drops support for 32 bit packageslemmy.mlmr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square157fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·19 hours agoNote that this is just a proposal that the Fedora community wants feedback on. Even if it does go ahead, this is minimum 1 year away from happening. Tbh I wouldn’t be surprised if this was meant as a “hurry up and move away from Steam still being a 32-bit app, Valve!” bit of brinkmanship.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoI thought the Steam Linux client was already native 64-bit? If not, maybe this is the kind of push needed to get them to actually go full 64-bit?
minus-squareBlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoIt’s still 32bit. i’ve heard it guessed that Valve does this on purpose because so many games are still 32bit and Wine/Proton/etc aren’t fully compatible yet. What does it matter if Steam works and most of the Steam library does not.
Note that this is just a proposal that the Fedora community wants feedback on.
Even if it does go ahead, this is minimum 1 year away from happening.
Tbh I wouldn’t be surprised if this was meant as a “hurry up and move away from Steam still being a 32-bit app, Valve!” bit of brinkmanship.
I thought the Steam Linux client was already native 64-bit?
If not, maybe this is the kind of push needed to get them to actually go full 64-bit?
It’s still 32bit. i’ve heard it guessed that Valve does this on purpose because so many games are still 32bit and Wine/Proton/etc aren’t fully compatible yet. What does it matter if Steam works and most of the Steam library does not.