Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoSteam for Chromebooks is getting axed in 2026 instead of exiting its 4-year betawww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down10 cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkSteam for Chromebooks is getting axed in 2026 instead of exiting its 4-year betawww.pcgamer.comSunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square8linkfedilink cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
minus-squareBizzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoA Chromebook runs Linux programs natively doesn’t it? A separate package seems unnecessary
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoNo, it doesn’t. At least, not from any interface the user can get to. There’s linux under there, but you can’t run linux programs on Firefox, even if Firefox is running on Linux.
A Chromebook runs Linux programs natively doesn’t it? A separate package seems unnecessary
No, it doesn’t. At least, not from any interface the user can get to. There’s linux under there, but you can’t run linux programs on Firefox, even if Firefox is running on Linux.
Are you sure?