couldn't you just run games through linux?
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It's about Steam itself. Not about the games. Steam has a Linux build while the article is about the Windows build.
Mixed results.
For games that could run on Win7 and 8? Not really
Does the CLI still work? If so, you could download and play all the Windows 7 compatible, DRM-free games in your library just fine. Alternatively, if you already had these games installed, they'll work fine without launching Steam first.
Just use Windows 10 or Linux
Just use ~~Windows 10 or~~ Linux
Ftfy
lol win 7 probably still can run more games than Linux
Linux can slightly run more tho,since windows 7 is eol.
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Does it also pull support for old Linux distributions?
They don’t support new technologies (Wayland), why would they drop support for old ones?
Steam has only ever supported the latest Ubuntu LTS and Steam OS.
It still works the same on any distro with SystemD. Side note, I have seen people getting Steam to work on Void and Artix.
I use Steam and I run Alpine
That's pretty cool. Do you have a potato computer or do you just like a minimal system?
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Plenty of alternative stores that don't require a launcher, so still possible to sideload games and therefore, 7 and 8 are not quite dead yet. (side note, but Vista is still also a decent system for gaming)
I like to invoke the old magic of installing from a disc.
Reminds me of disc-based DRMs. With how moody some were, I'd need to dump the ISOs, mount them with WinCDemu, and keep them mounted for as long as I kept playing those games. 😬