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    Year of Linux on the Desktop (lemmy.world)
    submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He's running Windows 7 right now, so I'll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

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    [โ€“] [email protected] 58 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I'm pretty sure that this is because steam uses chromium as its backend and chromium new version doesn't run on windows 7. It's still not good because there are some games that won't run on newer systems and therefore 7 is required for preservation.

    As many of you pointed out, yes I agree proton is the answer if possible. YMMV

    [โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

    This is the actual reason. Steam officially said that: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4784-4F2B-1321-800A

    This change is required as core features in Steam rely on an embedded version of Google Chrome, which no longer functions on older versions of Windows. In addition, future versions of Steam will require Windows feature and security updates only present in Windows 10 and above.