This whole episode does show that steam needs more leverage in future, which means officially supporting more than one distro. #tumbleweed
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Originally posted by Jedibeeftrix View PostThis whole episode does show that steam needs more leverage in future, which means officially supporting more than one distro. #tumbleweed
Might sound hard what Ubuntu has been doing is the nice solution so we do in fact have time to address. Not wait until 2026-2027 make the choice with no option of reversing it.
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Originally posted by oiaohm View Post
Really support more distributions does not alter the 2038 problem and its effect on enterprise distributions since they have started doing 10 year support cycles. Ubuntu has been nice enough to put a shot across Valve bow instead of waiting until 2026-2027 and doing it with all the enterprise distributions then.
Might sound hard what Ubuntu has been doing is the nice solution so we do in fact have time to address. Not wait until 2026-2027 make the choice with no option of reversing it.
In the mean time I will use the distro that caters to my needs.
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Originally posted by Raka555 View PostEnterprise distro's can force everyone on to 256bit before 2038 for all I care.
In the mean time I will use the distro that caters to my needs.
Like is Valve going to reach into their pockets to fill those staff to get 32 bit going if the enterprise developers pull back. We need to make it possible for enterprise distributions to say yes we can keep 32 bit support as applications will work after 2038 with a few work around to keep our customers as happy as possible.
Not choose to cut of 32bit support so they don't get done for breach of contract for failing to deliver what they promised.
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Originally posted by wizard69 View PostSad really, I was hoping that Ubuntu would have displayed more backbone than this. There is no rational reason to be stuck with 32 bit support in a mainstream Linux implementation. No guys playing games is not a good reason to hold back the advancement of Linux. This is really bad for the public perception of Linux.
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Having to figure out which binaries are a dependancy for some 32 bit only software is more effort than just continuing to build everything for 32 bit, which requires no effort since its an automated process. Again, messing with the status quo on 32 bit libraries makes absolutely no sense. I am also of the view getting rid of 32 bit images was a mistake and we see getting rid of images was part of their scheme to basically throw gamers, printer driver users, steam users and desktop users in general under the bus. Ubuntu doesnt give a damn about what its desktop users think.
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Originally posted by F.Ultra View Post
Why are you soiling yourself? They even mentioned Steam and WINE in their original announcement (and did so even back in 2016 when they first announced that they where planning to drop i386 support).
They where not planning on going forward in a way that would break either Steam or WINE, that is just extrapolations that people have made when they ran around in panic.
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