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AMID_EVIL Jun 8, 2016 @ 3:14pm
Linux is not OS!
I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
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ESCx2 Jun 8, 2016 @ 3:21pm 
It's dangerous to go alone take this:
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cinedine Jun 8, 2016 @ 3:28pm 
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Congratulations on completing yourfirst lecture in Computer Science 101? Now look up "pars pro toto".
AMID_EVIL Jun 8, 2016 @ 3:32pm 
Wayland (display server protocol) support, 64-bit open-source client.
ISSUE
Steam doesn't work on actual GNU/Linux systems, I mean Arch (nomultilib), Gentoo (nomultilib/uclibc/musl).
Also Steam doesn't support Wayland protocol, xorg is deprecated, but Steam still use it.

Only .deb package available to download from this site, but what if I have rmp-based or source-based distro?
Why SteamOS still not migrated on Wayland?

OS
GNU/Linux

STEPS
1. Install Steam
2. Try to run it
RESULTS
It doesn't work.

EXPECTED
Full support on nomultilib systems with Wayland display server.

So, I suggest to make open source pure 64-bit client for Wayland display server protocol.
AMID_EVIL Jun 8, 2016 @ 3:38pm 
Originally posted by cinedine:
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Congratulations on completing yourfirst lecture in Computer Science 101? Now look up "pars pro toto".
Simply call GNU/Linux as it is, not just "Linux" as written in steam,
AMID_EVIL Jun 8, 2016 @ 3:41pm 

Not running Linux yet?

Ubuntu is our favorite version of Linux. Interested in giving it a whirl? You can install and run Ubuntu from a Live CD or USB stick, or install it to run alongside Windows.

Grab an Ubuntu installer from Canonical and see what it’s all about.
Just look at this **** OMG!!!
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Date Posted: Jun 8, 2016 @ 3:14pm
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