c/steamdeck · by woelkchen@lemmy.world · 309d

Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 released

https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steamrt/-/wikis/steamrt4-release-notes

Updated to a Debian 13.2 base, from Debian 11 in Steam Linux Runtime 3

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lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 309d (7 replies)

Can anyone eli5 what the steam runtime actually does? Ive seen scout and sniper on my system and i kinda accept that it has to be there but what does it do?

umbrella@lemmy.ml · 24 pts · 309d (4 replies)

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lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 309d (3 replies)

Ok thanks! Is it related to proton or is it just for native games?

umbrella@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 309d

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woelkchen@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 309d

Proton runs on SLR.

ulterno@programming.dev · 2 pts · 308d

Apart from what others already replied, a native game can run on SLR.

If it is being run without SLR, that would mean that you are using your distro's system libraries, which you would find in places like /lib and /usr/lib.
If it is being run on SLR, then it is using the libraries that Steam downloaded in the location the SLR is installed.

Stampela@startrek.website · 5 pts · 309d

You know Proton, and how the various versions have different compatibility? And some games might prefer a specific Proton? This stuff is a… “Linux base” that developers can target, so for example if I make a game tomorrow and target a specific version, it’ll run tomorrow like in 20 years, because no matter how the actual system will change, that “Linux base” I targeted will still be there.

woelkchen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 309d