Comment on Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 released

lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  different distros have different environments. as in different libraries, versions and ways of accomplishing the same tasks. this is good for the linux ecosystem but bad for developers who want a predictable and stable set of tools they can build upon.

  this system addresses just that by providing this stable set of libraries and tools developers can target instead.

  eli5 it’s basically so your choice of distro doesn’t affect game compatibility.

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  • lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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    • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      both. they can also work together for windows games to run predictably through proton without the need for distro-specific tweaks.

      that’s because proton is not an emulator but a translator, and it’s interacting directly with system libraries and kernel instead of emulating those. it’s part of how it can be so fast.

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    • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Protons runs on SLR.

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    • ulterno@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      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.

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• Stampela@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  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.

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• woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Can anyone eli5 what the steam runtime actually does?

  It’s the thing that actually runs your games.

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