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Steam developers can now select which Steam for Linux runtime to use for native titles (store.steampowered.com)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Does anyone know what they mean by “legacy runtime environment”? Do they mean running of the host system libraries rather than Valve’s runtimes?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Previously they used library injection and redirection techniques, but the new runtimes are basically containers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Do they mean running of the host system libraries rather than Valve’s runtimes?

AFAIK yes