I wish I could tell you about more upcoming stuff, but all in due time!

I figure you know some stuff in advance?
Do you want to tell why?

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@The_Real_Bitterman

That's what the Steam Runntimes and org.freedesktop.Sdk.Compat.i386 are for. 32bit support on 64bit systems.

You do not need a single 32bit library to run 32bit software on 64bit systems with flatpak.

Erm... What is inside of the Steam Runtime and org.freedesktop.Sdk.Compat.i386?

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Runs out of the box here on Debian stable.

I hoped for some fancy looking graphics test though.
It seems it does not have that?

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But the idea of offering Debian for Gaming in the same way Bazzite does sounds very complicated!

I wasn't meaning to propose Debian as a Bazzite replacement. :) I guess they're not really in the same market. That said, I'm playing on Debian all fine, and it's by far not as complicated as many people seem to think (including Nvidia usage).

My main question would be: How is Debian doing that, and why are other distributions not doing that?

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Meanwhile, on Debian...

> apt list --all-versions|grep " i386"|wc -l

71914

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Shouldn't Steam as a flatpak not just keep working?

This is just moving the problem from outside the Flatpak to inside the Flatpak: If we want to run all those old 32 butt games, they need 32 bit libraries somewhere.

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MAINTENANCE ITSELF IS A BURDEN. But it needs to be done, not because it's fun or easy, because it's necessary.

Well, I guess we found the problem here?

Coping with burdon is usually paid for and not done by volunteers in their free time.

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But there is seriously no good reason why 32 bit applications should still be a thing in 2025

They shouldn't be made, or they should cease to exist?

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After two decades, you can safely assume (the mother of fuckups be damned) that most of your userbase uses the "new" technology.

That's not the problem. The users do have it, yes. But the games of the last decades don't magically turn to 64 bits.

Maybe some light virtual machinery can solve this in the future?

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Steam is solving that with Linux Runtime containers, so there is no need to have Steam itself run 32 bit.

And these go without 32 bit libraries...?
Or are we looking forward to Valve caring for all those?

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