Mention and recommend Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 (steamrt4)#820
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Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
steamrt/tasks#854 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Fixed in November 2024. Reference: ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9852 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Unconfirmed (we don't have an example SLR 4.0 game yet) but switching from SLR 3.0 to 4.0 is mechanically similar to switching from scout to SLR 3.0. steamrt/tasks#854 Reference: ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9835 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Reference: ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9844 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Flatpak 1.12+ is widespread now. Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Reference: ValveSoftware#228 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
It has been the default since November 2024. Reference: https://store.steampowered.com/news/collection/steam/?emclan=103582791457287600&emgid=4472730495692571024 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
steamrt/tasks#854 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
These also generalize nicely to all versions of SLR. Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
I haven't rewritten this to refer to steamrt4 or sniper at this stage. Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
steamrt/tasks#854 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
steamrt/tasks#854 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
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steamrt/tasks#854 Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
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cc @lostgoat for viz - we are officially recommending steamrt4 as the default Steam for Linux runtime moving forward now. |
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"Recommended" but not "default", if I understand correctly? I thought that for historical reasons the default is still SLR 1.0 (scout). |
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