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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They keep a bunch of 32-bit libraries for backwards compatibility with older games that they launch. You can find numerous discussions about this in the Steam forums as well as on sites like Hackernews.

If you want, I can give it to you from a Valve employee:

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/179#issuecomment-267790879

We will not drop support for the many games that have shipped on Steam with only 32-bit builds, so Steam will continue to deploy a 32-bit execution environment. To that end, it will continue to need some basic 32-bit support from the host distribution (a 32-bit glibc, ELF loader, and OpenGL driver library).

Whether the Steam client graphical interface component itself gets ported to 64-bit is a different question altogether, and is largely irrelevant as the need for the 32-bit execution environment would still be there because of the many 32-bit games to support.

Maybe do some cursory research before talking out of your ass.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Bernie Sanders, David Hogg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Jasmine Crockett.

Stop this defeatist attitude bullshit. The real problem is people don't vote in the fucking primaries.

Zohran Mamdani is an example of what happens when people turn out for the primary.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I need DOS Box

It's Valve's responsibility that Microsoft stripped DOS support from their OS in Windows 10?

Starting with Windows 10, the ability to create a MS-DOS startup disk has been removed, and so either a virtual machine running MS-DOS or an older version (in a virtual machine or dual boot) must be used to format a floppy disk, or an image must be obtained from an external source.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

GoG also famously uses a model where GoG does not care what OS you’re using.

I could have sworn their model was keeping old games updated to work functionally on newer hardware.

https://www.gog.com/en/gog-preservation-program

The GOG Preservation Program ensures classic games remain playable on modern systems, even after their developers stopped supporting them. By maintaining these iconic titles, GOG helps you protect and relive the memories that shaped you, DRM-free and with dedicated tech support.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

The entire back-end has changed.

Literally. People miss the fact that Steam is still a 32-bit app just to support older games. The rest of the world has moved onto 64-bit operating systems and applications. It's shocking they still support 32-bit in 2025. So the argument that they aren't supporting older titles is a little misleading because that's the whole reason they still run a 32-bit client.

Most operating systems are no longer even offered in a 32-bit variant, 64-bit only.

I haven't had a device with 32-bit hardware in almost 15 years. The last device I can even think of that was still 32-bit within the last 15 years was a Google Nexus 6 in 2014. All the Pixel line have been 64-bit.

Steam is literally one of the last 32-bit holdouts. Everything else has moved on. Even Discord dropped 32-bit support last year.

EDIT: Also, for reference, since Windows 98 is heavily mentioned in the arguments, those operating systems included 16-bit code. We're talking about dropping 32-bit code, 16-bit code is deader than a doornail. Windows 3.11 was the first introduction of 32-bit code. Windows XP seems to be where they dropped all 16-bit code in 2001. We're talking over 30 years of hardware changes.

All versions of MS-DOS and the below versions of Windows had 16 bit code:

MS-DOS (all versions)
Windows 1.x/2.x/3.x (all versions)
Windows 4.x or 9x (Windows 95/98/Millennium Edition) (all versions)

Now draw her drawing you, the artist

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I don't necessarily agree with all of Kaldaien's points, but I can't say they aren't well argued. Their opinions are valid if you're willing to accept and consider their perspective.

I personally don't see the point playing games on the original hardware, and I think keeping them updated for modern systems is a good thing, but I can see why someone might disagree and prefer running them in a VM on a traditional operating system, especially in terms of keeping the original way the game ran intact. I also disagree about the value of Microsoft's game rental service, but I also see the value in saying "if I don't actually own my games anyway, why not take it to it's logical conclusion of just renting them."

As I said, their points are well argued, even if I don't necessarily agree on them.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Personal collection via Plex server and Plexamp either on desktop (speakers/headphones) or my phone (headphones/car stereo)

I actually originally misread this question as "How often do you listen to music" and so the answer to that is, based on my average tracks per year on Last.fm which is roughly around 10,000 per year, I average around 27 tracks a day, which I would guesstimate to be roughly about two hours a day.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Something was pouring from his mouth. He examined his sleeve. Blood? Blood! Crimson, copper smelling blood, his blood. Blood, blood, blood... And bits of sick.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yeah as an American myself, let me tell you: These people are dipshits, but there's enough of them to sway the discussion into both 1. It's totally valid to try to kill a person over petty theft and 2. They will definitely will win that fight every time. They have the most upvotes, so they must be right, right?? It couldn't be that they're collectively jackasses and Donald Trump represents their unrestrained fucking Id.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

*citation needed

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