I think Debian is about to get even more popular

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JayM
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Re: I think Debian is about to get even more popular

#31 Post by JayM »

We will put in place a community process to determine which 32-bit packages are needed to support legacy software, and can add to that list post-release if we miss something that is needed.
Translation: "We can't be arsed to do any work ourselves and will leave it to the users, and if we break anyone's games we'll fix it later when we get around to it. Meanwhile, tough bananas."
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Re: I think Debian is about to get even more popular

#32 Post by KBD »

JayM wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:05 pm

Translation: "We can't be arsed to do any work ourselves and will leave it to the users, and if we break anyone's games we'll fix it later when we get around to it. Meanwhile, tough bananas."
That's the impression I got as well. They obviously don't want to do this, but can't afford to lose market share right before they launch their IPO.
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Re: I think Debian is about to get even more popular

#33 Post by Artim »

It's kinda sad, really. Ubuntu gained such a huge following by being Linux for Human Beings® and Linux for the rest of us, ordinary desktop users without the "mad geek skillz" that were always associated with alternative OSes. They did what Mepis did, only with billions of dollars to promote it.

Now it looks like they're leaving the desktop to others ("flavors" and derivatives) and moving on to more profitable things.
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Re: I think Debian is about to get even more popular

#34 Post by KBD »

Interesting statement:
The Linux landscape has changed dramatically since we released the initial version of Steam for Linux, and as such, we are re-thinking how we want to approach distribution support going forward. There are several distributions on the market today that offer a great gaming desktop experience such as Arch Linux, Manjaro, Pop!_OS, Fedora, and many others. We'll be working closer with many more distribution maintainers in the future. If you're working on such a distribution and don't feel your project has a direct line of contact with us, by all means, have a representative reach out directly.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/d ... 447625383/

It sounds like they had been talking to Ubuntu before Ubuntu dropped 32 bit application support, yet Ubuntu did it anyway, caught much flack from the community, and then Ubuntu changed their minds. Steam is for the present time and perhaps near future supported on Ubuntu again, but clearly Steam is not happy with Ubuntu and is looking now at other distros long term. At least that seems to be the gist of where things are right now.
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