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Re: Steam to Chrome OS

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Post by paxys »

torginus wrote: post #29

Wait - does this mean that if Steam ships on Chromebook, and Steam can be made to run arbitrary software via proton, that Chromebooks have become regular laptops?

Chromebooks can already run arbitrary software, via a full Linux VM running alongside ChromeOS.

Re: Steam to Chrome OS

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pa7ch wrote: post #25

My ideal dev machine would be chromeOS running on apple silicon.

Why not just Linux running on Apple Silicon? Isn't the entire selling point of Chrome OS that it can run well on cheap underpowered hardware?

Re: Steam to Chrome OS

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Post by aeturnum »

glenstein wrote: post #20
judge2020 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably not since it requires an 11th gen i5 or better chrome book https://www.androidcentral.com/steam-for-chrome-os-supported...

This is whats frustrating to me. We're talking a small slice of most chromebooks out there. I actually have used old chromebooks with crouton to install steam and play games. You have to pick "lightweight" games like Baldurs Gate, but it still opens up a lot of possibility. So I had hoped maybe something could be brought to old hardware, but I guess not.

I think you start by targeting the platforms with more horsepower and can move down over time. Obviously they might just not do that work and stay on the high powered ones, but I don't think it's a given.

Re: Steam to Chrome OS

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Post by 1_player »

musicale wrote: post #50
shmerl wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not about Windows long term support, it's about Wine long term support (which is much better than Windows own). So I agree with your point that long term Wine offers better support than Linux native ABIs. I doubt Windows ABIs are better than Linux native ones on their own long term wise (i.e. without Wine). That said, it would be cool for someone to develop Wine-like wrapping of historic Linux ABIs into modern o…

> I doubt Windows ABIs are better than Linux native ones on their own long term wise Lots of games from the early 2000s still run as-is on Windows 10/11, and many games have updated versions on Steam or gog.com as well. However, the real question for Linux is: is there any comparable long-term stable distribution format for Linux games other than Windows binaries? If so, how popular is it?

> is there any comparable long-term stable distribution format for Linux games

Only Steam provides such a runtime, but outside of Steam you're out of luck.

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