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Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 (www.neowin.net)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1::Customers sticking to the good-old (and dead) Windows 7 now have one more reason to ditch the operating system: as of January 1, 2024, Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

Because maybe they want to play games without having to check if it runs on linux?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Thanks to the Steam Deck and proton development, these days that's pretty much limited to a few incompatible multiplayer anticheat systems. Gone are the days where a developer actually had to make a Linux build.

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