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by Maken 72 days ago
Steam offers an distro-independent runtime for native Linux games' distribution, which is based on Flatpak [1]

[1] https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steam-runtime-tools/-/b...
2 comments
NekkoDroid 71 days ago
IIRC they aren't based on Flatpak, they existed even before Flatpak gained any traction. I actually do think Steam changed a few things in pressure-vessel to be more similar to Flatpak, but they mostly evolved independently.

The main reason I think they are pouring money into Flatpak is because that is the main way to install applications on SteamOS (that aren't games shipped via Steam).

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sph 71 days ago
It’s not based on Flatpak, it’s based on the same technology of flatpak, which is linux containers/namespaces.

It’s clickbait at best, if not ragebait.

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