Quoting: chancho_zombiecome on Debian?? haven't tried it recently but does it still use a ncurses installer?? sorry but it's not user friendly.

Which decade was this "not recently"?
Debian has a graphical installer for 12 years now...

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Will people be able to do install newer GPU drivers nevertheless, when the respective 32 bit libs are "frozen"?

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Why did they test games without 32 bit libs if they never intended to remove them?

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Quoting: GuestIs it really because of the decision to drop 32bit OS support? Nobody, literally nobody, especially not Valve's target audience, is still using a 32 bit OS unless they just don't know any better. I think it's more because they already have steamOS and ubuntu is falling out of fashion anyways.

You can't run all your 32 bit games without it.

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Quoting: TheSyldatI mean will those things changing really break much of anything in how those libraries are functionning ?

That's not a troll but a real honest question here . Them freezing up those libraires in their current state would really break shit ?

I had the impression that the x86 libs must match the amd64 ones, so freezing the former would freeze the later - and thus your graphics driver. But I'm not sure either.

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Lying at the beach far away from any PC. :-)

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Quoting: einherjarI did that in the Discussions under the Link Liam provided.
I did it in a polite way (I even thanked them for the good work in the past).
An Admin deleted my post and set my Account on hold. --> That's how they care for the opinions of their users.

Wow.

Are they so eager to f**k up?!?

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Quoting: ScooptaNo I don't, I wish there was a way...maybe there is but I don't know it.

I wonder if SteamDB might have this available somehow. Don't know.

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Quoting: ScooptaI don't play any 32-bit games so steam is the only reason I even need it enabled on my distro.

Do you check this before buying a game? How?

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Quoting: riddleyAs a long-time Debian user, I have no dog in this fight, but man these comments are odd. First, Debian isn't difficult to install.

Being in the same boat, I wanted to compare Debian installation to Windows 10's lately. To my surprise, Debian has like 30 screens with questions during installation. It's too much.

Quoting: riddleyWhy is no one in these comments finding fault with Valve? Don't get me wrong, I'm very glad and grateful that they support Linux, but at the same time they don't do a very good job of it.

How is Valve guilty of many games using 32 bits? I don't know what they could do about it...

Quoting: riddleyPerhaps Steam is easy to install on Ubuntu, I'll never know. On Debain it's an exercise in frustration every time.

This I found not hard (for an average Debian user, that is):

https://ein-eike.de/2016/08/28/how-to-install-steam-and-nvidia-drivers-on-debian-jessie/ [External Link]

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