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Updated to a Debian 13.2 base, from Debian 11 in Steam Linux Runtime 3

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[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

We've had 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0. Is that just spurious precision or are there .1 releases?

[–] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 10 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Can anyone eli5 what the steam runtime actually does? Ive seen scout and sniper on my system and i kinda accept that it has to be there but what does it do?

[–] Stampela@startrek.website 4 points 10 hours ago

You know Proton, and how the various versions have different compatibility? And some games might prefer a specific Proton? This stuff is a… “Linux base” that developers can target, so for example if I make a game tomorrow and target a specific version, it’ll run tomorrow like in 20 years, because no matter how the actual system will change, that “Linux base” I targeted will still be there.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Can anyone eli5 what the steam runtime actually does?

It's the thing that actually runs your games.

[–] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm confused, I thought they used Arch nowadays?

[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 19 points 13 hours ago

For SteamOS, yes. Steam Linux Runtime is a container environment for running games so they work across different distros.

[–] leo85811nardo@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm curious what kind of code name they are giving to 4.0 (3.0 is sniper, for example). Was it decided yet?

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] kaleissin@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 hours ago

Ooh, Team Fortress 🤩

[–] leo85811nardo@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Bummer. Sounds like they are afraid of not having codenames for 10.0 and on

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 hours ago

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