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Re:Playability Test of 100 Humble Bundle Games on Linux by creshal on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @06:50AM (#12260696)
That's because Steam ships a full runtime of what, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?, and makes the game use those instead of your distribution's.
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Re:Playability Test of 100 Humble Bundle Games on Linux by vintermann on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @08:12AM (#12261035)
That isn't really a problem, is it? It means it can also do it all without root privileges. Shipping a local environment is increasingly how it's done.
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Re:Playability Test of 100 Humble Bundle Games on Linux by jschwartzi on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:10AM (#12261845)
It's a huge problem if it's expecting you to use the AMD closed-source drivers but the open-source drivers in the 4.4 kernel you're using perform better.
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Re:Playability Test of 100 Humble Bundle Games on Linux by creshal on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @08:29AM (#12261123)
It is an important but somehow always glossed over argument in the "are snap/flatpack necessary?" debate, if our most successful way of game distribution uses related technologies (with related drawbacks).
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