Scali wrote:I think linux gaming suffers the same fate as Windows gaming though: the Steam client requires a certain minimal version of the OS. So at some point you will have to upgrade your OS, and at some point your OS will be so much newer that you can no longer use it on certain retro hardware, because support was dropped, or the system requirements are simply too high.
In fact, if I look here:
https://store.steampowered.com/about/
The only officially supported linux is "Ubuntu Linux (latest version)."
shamino wrote:I'll give Valve a partial pass if I see a best effort on their part to give XP clients the most usable experience possible on the 12/2018 client. But if they go on a self-righteous "Windows XP must be killed" warpath then my attitude toward them will sour considerably.
andrea wrote:I've tried to install Steam on a XP machine on the 2nd of january and while it let you log in, you couldn't download anything. (it said that the download servers were unreachable).
After a googling (which was surprisingly hard, as every single tech releated website made articles about steam's eol on xp/vista) I've found this:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments ... r_xpvista/
https://archive.org/details/steam_201901.
I haven't tested the whole archived client, but I've just replaced the config.vdf file in my install with the one in the archive and it seems to work.
Perhaps it may be useful to some of you.
Steam - Fatal Error
Failed to load steamui.dll
leileilol wrote:Not really if you factor in their new website design. It only obeys recent Chromiums now I heard
GOG is your only friend anymore.
Rekrul wrote:Even if there is such a clause in the EULA, I don't see how it can be legal.
Fire Vine wrote:what about fallout 3
that game ONLY works with xp or vista
whats the point of even getting that game on steam then
Scali wrote:I do.
The catch is in the part of "paid for".
You didn't pay for ownership of the games, you paid for a license to use it. That license, by its terms, is not indefinite.
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