Alaknár@lemm.ee to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoOn August 15th, 2025, Steam will officially stop supporting Linux distributions with a version of glibc older than 2.31help.steampowered.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
arrow-up1211arrow-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 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
minus-squareSavvyWolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-22 months 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-squaredaqlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoYes, but which OS is still running glibc < 2.31?
minus-squarePsyhackological@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoAlmost Linux Mint Debian (2.32)
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDebian Trixie 2.41-7 Debian stable 2.36-9
minus-squarePsyhackological@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI think they are preparing their next edition soon.
minus-squareRodneyck@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.