Alaknár@lemm.ee to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month 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-text
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-21 month agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSavvyWolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-21 month 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-squaredaq@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoYes, but which OS is still running glibc < 2.31?
minus-squarePsyhackological@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 month agoAlmost Linux Mint Debian (2.32)
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.