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Google ending Steam for Chromebook support in 2026 (9to5google.com)
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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why is it up to google?

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    ChromeOS moves from a Gentoo-derived base that’s relatively close to desktop Linux to Android. Google wrote a technology that lets Linux X11 applications work with ChromeOS‘s display stack. Seems this is not a priority to be ported over.

    Edit [2025-08-10]: I need to correct myself. According to https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-linux-terminal-doom-3521804/ support for Wayland support is in development. I don't know how much it matured in the months since that article. No idea if / how well it's supported on X86, though, which is a requirement for Steam.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do you know if this means desktop Linux apps in general will no longer be supported?

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