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msv_Tomsk Jun 28, 2023 @ 9:40am
Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS x64 no more support?
I got infinite loop.
0. Launch Steam
1. rectangular black window appears. No controls painted at all except close button.
2. i press buttons on keyboard or mouse
3. after few seconds i got message "Sing in to steam not responding"
4. if i choose "wait" it stops responding at all. If i press "Terminate" then begins step 1 again in 3 seconds.
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petri.piira Jun 28, 2023 @ 11:59am 
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS went to end of life in 2019. You should install Ubuntu 22.04, its end of life is in 2032.
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WarnerCK Jun 28, 2023 @ 12:28pm 
For a wider perspective, lots of games were made for Windows XP and Windows 7 when those were current, so those are the minimum requirements for the game, but Steam itself doesn't work on those either now (well, technically 1/1 next year for 7). It's the way of things that new software doesn't support old platforms indefinitely.
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Marlock Jun 28, 2023 @ 3:14pm 
those minimal requirements are written by the games devs when they originally publish the game on steam...

...and virtually nobody updates them later, so yeah, that's what happens...

but don't worry... steam created a nifty pack of linux libraries called "Steam Linux Runtimes" that are used to ensure that any game made for Ubuntu 14.04 will find what it needs in any linux distro, be it Ubuntu's currently supported versions (eg: 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 22.10 and 23.04), Debian, Linux Mint, PopOS, Arch Linux, SteamOS 3 on the Steam Deck, ChimaeraOS, Fedora, etc, etc, etc
Last edited by Marlock; Jun 28, 2023 @ 3:15pm
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msv_Tomsk Jun 28, 2023 @ 8:41pm 
Only one reason why i stay on 14 Ubuntu on that PC's that it has Radeon HD5000 series v-card. No proprietary drivers available for more fresh releases.
Last edited by msv_Tomsk; Jun 29, 2023 @ 2:41am
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WarnerCK Jun 28, 2023 @ 9:47pm 
You don't want proprietary drivers. The open source drivers are better than the proprietary ones for Ati/AMD.
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msv_Tomsk Jun 29, 2023 @ 2:43am 
Originally posted by WarnerCK:
You don't want proprietary drivers. The open source drivers are better than the proprietary ones for Ati/AMD.
Not for this videocard. Lower perfomane, older OpenGL version support.
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petri.piira Jun 29, 2023 @ 12:13pm 
Is it a laptop? If not, a cheap videocard from the last few years would be a possible upgrade.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is too old, it has not got even security patches in over 3 years.
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