The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: General The Steam client is now 64-bit on Windows 11 and Windows 10 64-bit. Systems running 32-bit versions of Windows will continue receiving updates to the 32-bit Steam client until January 1, 2026. Game Recording Fixed errors copying to clipboard or exporting H265 videos on systems with a NVIDIA 50xx series gpu.
When I first read that the ship a dedicated Distrobox container just for Steam, I was utterly confused as to what the benefit would be and I still cannot see it. Maybe the Bazzite developers dislike some of the restricted permissions of the Steam Flatpak or maybe they just want to package it on their own but the benefit for the user escapes me.
I’ve read another comment and then I realized it’s because of Bazzite’s Game Mode session. It’s a special login session and not just Steam in Big Picture Mode. Flatpaks cannot be used for this kind of specific use case.
Bazzite has Steam preinstalled, and in fact it blocks the installation of Flatpak Steam
When I first read that the ship a dedicated Distrobox container just for Steam, I was utterly confused as to what the benefit would be
and I still cannot see it. Maybe the Bazzite developers dislike some of the restricted permissions of the Steam Flatpak or maybe they just want to package it on their own but the benefit for the user escapes me.I’ve read another comment and then I realized it’s because of Bazzite’s Game Mode session. It’s a special login session and not just Steam in Big Picture Mode. Flatpaks cannot be used for this kind of specific use case.