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What happened to the native Linux client ?
External link →What happened to the native Linux client ?
External link →With implementing better support for Steamdeck, we are no longer building a Linux client, and instead using Proton. Proton offers a much better experience for Steamdeck, and consistency across Linux platforms. This change also allows Steamdeck players to automatically launch with Proton, which is the preferred compatibility layer. Linux is still supported through Proton, and this was previously added to our patch notes for 1.1.7.
Hey big dog, I like this game a lot and you all tend to do a good job of communicating with the community, but this change absolutely was not "previously added" to your patch notes for 1.1.7. Checking the web archive (linked here) you updated the notes and added a "Steamdeck and Linux" heading to include it, presumably sometime today after players starting asking about it.
I don't necessarily think its omission from the notes initially was malicious, but why say they were there when they weren't?
I apologize for any confusion. When I said "added to notes", I meant added in post (after patch notes went live). I didn't mean to imply they were always there. There was certainly no malintent or desire to hide this change, as we do believe it's a positive change. Not only for Steamdeck, but makes Linux in general a much more consistent experience vs. the differences of 80+ different distributions of Linux that all handle a 'native' client differently. We added it to the patch notes, and created a section to call it out better in the patch notes as soon as it was noticed that the note was missed.