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Bazzite founder might shutdown whole project if Fedora drops support for 32 bit packages (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 days ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f44-change-proposal-drop-i686-support-system-wide/156324/93

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[–] aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hear me out... But should we be asking why there are so many things, steam included, that are still on 32b libraries?

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mean the answer is pretty easy: video games generally have a long shelf life and no maintenance at some point after they’re released.

[–] aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 9 points 2 days ago

That explains the games, but not the steam binary right? If the steam binary didn't break, and 32b games did, that'd be a lot less of an issue.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Your compatibility layers can be 64b, however, and support those 32b games that don't even run natively on that hardware anyway.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Because there’s no incentive for valve to spend time on that i guess