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Fedora Linux devs discuss dropping 32-bit packages - potentially bad news for Steam gamers

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https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/fedora-linux-devs-discuss-dropping-32-bit-packages-potentially-bad-news-for-steam-gamers/

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  • RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world ⁨48⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I feel like there might be a ton of weird edge cases where people still need 32 bit libraries. Steam is just scratching the surface here. The first steps should always be a setues of public announcements and discussions followed by a testing period where the packages get moved to a repo which is disabled by default.

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  • syd@lemy.lol ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s interesting that Steam still uses 32-bit. Why? Backward compatibility?

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    • crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Games, native linux games and even 32 but windkws games

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      • syd@lemy.lol ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        So we can translate Windows API calls to Linux but we can’t do the same from 32 to 64 🤔

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