@cusdeb_com: In 2014, Linus Torvalds accurately predicted Valve's role in solving the problem of Linux application distribution, but got the technical approach wrong. At DebConf14, he suggested that Valve wouldn't build 15 different versions of its applications for different distros. Instead, it would create massive, self-contained binaries that could run anywhere. At the time, this seemed like the only practical solution to Linux fragmentation, where a binary might work in one environment but fail in another. However, things took a different path. Rather than packing everything into a single executable, the Linux ecosystem embraced portable runtimes and containerization. Today, Valve runs its games in containers on SteamOS.

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puppybrained1
puppybrained :
I don't really understand linux obsession with linked libraries, i don't need 20 apps breaking because one of them updated the poopfart module. storage is free
2026-10-11 10:22:32
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67thsheepscientist
67thSheepScientist :
as much as i hate java, it does run everywhere
2026-10-11 09:28:58
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lxnoid
lxnoid :
Huge binaries are not the issue - lib hell is. I‘d rather waste 2-400mb per app but they work
2026-10-11 10:06:31
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inpliy
inpliy :
Torvalds predicted it?!
2026-10-11 09:06:51
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kevorender
kevore :
I wouldn't trust anyone who doesn't see the value in games, something so necessary and inherent to life even animals have an instinct for it.
2026-10-11 10:21:18
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morph8889
morph :
WHO is binaries
2026-10-11 09:35:57
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neolee112233
Neo Lee :
there's always binary for Ubuntu since 20 LTS about 6 years ago.
2026-10-11 16:00:32
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ersearis
Ersearis :
Essentially, yes. A lot of Linux cultists like to joke about WSL, but so much of Linux gaming relies on Wine and its derivatives (eg: Proton). In fact, many games perform worse on their native Linux version than the Windows version run under Proton. That's so embarrassing.
2026-10-11 10:12:33
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stefan_s_from_h
Stefan S. from H. :
He bought the PC he used to develop Linux to play Prince of Persia.
2026-10-11 12:58:46
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sienasulangu
sienasulangu :
this is so old, the issue is solved. we have flatpak now (or snaps or appimages). pick any one of them and you're set
2026-10-11 10:15:52
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michael_.124
Michael :
He did not just say OS Ex 🤦‍♂️
2026-10-11 16:28:11
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odynh4
Odynh :
I don’t know what binaries are but they must be a hassle if the guy that made OS says its a hassle
2026-10-11 10:42:50
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baldybigfoot
Baldybigfoot :
Apparently he said this 12 years ago. Valve built Steam Linux Runtime due to this problem.
2026-10-11 14:22:08
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ordinary.imaginations
ordinary.imaginations :
This is why I bought a Steam Machine 🔥
2026-10-11 09:07:45
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_crazypastor_
_CrazyPastor_ :
Why can't Linux use SxS assemblies or a similar approach or versioninng storage? If the app needs to use a special lib why can't this app be shipped with a dedicated DLL?
2026-10-11 11:16:34
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p0iar77
D$ :
Valve standardizing a Linux binary distribution would be pretty incredible
2026-10-11 15:54:45
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egn2thwfgqdg
wfbqfbwfvqdv :
"Valve will save something that doesn't need saving"
2026-10-11 09:56:12
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tunbudi06
TUNBudi06 :
so that would basically run a emulator Linux but run top of kernel os system only?
2026-10-11 16:19:15
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cbristol
Craig Peters :
I think Microsoft has done more for Linux on the Desktop than anyone
2026-10-11 10:24:28
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odcastro_tiktok
odcastro_tiktok :
no gaming company is gonna save Linux Desktop. A Desktop is office software. Only when Microsoft makes MS Office for Linux it becomes a Desktop Computer. Apple had this lethal problem in the 90s and solved it quickly by signing a contract with Microsoft that brought MS Officer for Mac, making it a mainstream Desktop Computer.
2026-10-11 13:04:12
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jamesxabregas
James X :
This is why Linux never became a mainstream desktop platform.
2026-10-11 12:52:11
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incra.mant
Incra Mant :
The problem is that even after 30 years, Linux still hasn't taken off. 😁
2026-10-11 20:42:09
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bolsolula51
bolsolula :
valve is doing black magic, Linux simple is not stable enough if you use it enough but my steam deck never bricked
2026-10-11 14:07:15
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vlad2man
Reverse 42 :
Линус тот ещё хитрец. Я бы на месте Валв не слушал его.
2026-10-11 18:32:09
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hossamhakim322
Hø§§äm Häķim :
does this mean we are going to have more apps on Linux?
2026-10-11 18:33:55
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