Windows 7 and 8 now dead for gaming, as new Steam update pulls support
Windows 7 and 8 now dead for gaming, as new Steam update pulls support
After a recent update, Steam is no longer working on the Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems, and users will finally need to upgrade.
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Does it also pull support for old Linux distributions?
Not directly but I'd think they'd pull support for older system packages & kernels, which would eventually affect you. There's not really much of a reason not to upgrade your Linux distros though.
They donât support new technologies (Wayland), why would they drop support for old ones?
Steam has only ever supported the latest Ubuntu LTS and Steam OS.
It still works the same on any distro with SystemD. Side note, I have seen people getting Steam to work on Void and Artix.
I use Steam and I run Alpine
That's pretty cool. Do you have a potato computer or do you just like a minimal system?
I have a minimal system on my Thinkpad T440p
Nice, I have a T420 myself. I love that machine. I was running Peppermint OS for a while. Until version 11, Hasn't been the same since 10. The update from 10 to 11 kind of took all the magic out of it for me. Now that machine runs EndeavourOS.
What support?
It's Steam; you might wish they had more support on Linux, but you can't say that Steam doesn't support Linux.
Honestly I struggle to imagine how Steam could support it more.
Steam client needs the XWayland translation layer to work on any modern DE, plus 32-bit libraries (which are not installed by default).
He could be alluding to valve only supporting their own distro and Ubuntu LTS officially.
Maybe? But all the resources Valves puts towards supporting Proton benefits everyone gaming on Linux, even those not using a Steam client.