Steam for Linux client adds support for Linux namespaces

Re:Steam for Linux client adds support for Linux namespaces by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday November 11, 2019 @08:14AM (#21504551)

And when it isn't one of those things, well, fuck you I guess. That's one of the biggest reasons I think a lot of people don't use Linux, yet the Linux Desktop community consistently ignores and dismisses the issue and then wonders why Linux Desktop isn't more popular.

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Re:Steam for Linux client adds support for Linux namespaces by jdnenej on Monday November 11, 2019 @02:16PM (#21507891)

Flatpak exists to solve this problem.

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Re:Steam for Linux client adds support for Linux namespaces by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday November 11, 2019 @04:00PM (#21508861)

Flatpak unfortunately has other issues inherited from a repo-based approach. Like, it can't be installed to a separate disk than the rest of the system and you can't use anything not in your repo, forcing you to setup pretty much 1 repo/application, which is ridiculous.

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Re:Steam for Linux client adds support for Linux namespaces by imtringued on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @03:44AM (#21512582)

That didn't stop macos or android devs from uploading their apps to the play store and app store.

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Re:Steam for Linux client adds support for Linux namespaces by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @07:34AM (#21513542)

Oh you mean those stores developers are constantly complaining about because of entry barriers and having no recourse when their software is arbitrarily booted out? Or the ones where users complain that they can't get older versions of software and have difficulty legitimate apps in seas of fakes?

Repo models are antithetical to the concept of personal computing in my opinion.

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