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When will Steam stop using i386 packages? (lemmy.world)
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Almost every distro I've used so far ends up having problems installing Steam due to mismatching i386 packages. I've heard that they're being removed upstream. Anyone happen to know a timeline?

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago (5 children)

i could be wrong but my understanding it's still 32 bit because of game compatability with older steam games and since the app itself is only a limited web browser and library. It doesn't need that much memory. So the compatibility wins out for as long as it can.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wine can run 32 bit games with WOW64 without the 32 bit libraries

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm not talking windows games I'm talking about Linux games

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