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Nope. Steam has very good support for GNU/Linux. Maybe when GOG client also has it I would think about it.

This is not about SteamOS at all. GOG installers (and other DRM free methods) do work well with Wine - and with old Windows computers, no doubt about it. The question is about saving the older computers than, SteamOS itself requires a 64-bit processor with at least 4GB of RAM.

Modern Linux requirements are higher than older Linux distributions too, so there is that.

I'd never switch from Steam to GOG, because I really enjoy Steam's Remote Play feature.

I was deeply troubled with the fact that Steam does not really offer any options to get older games running on very capable computers, and with them stopping Windows 7/8 support early this year, and Windows 10 support going away in a year, people will add their computers to the landfill soon.

However, being able to run old applications and games, whether from Archive.org or GOG.com could prevent it. Even an ESR version coming from Valve could really help mitigate this issue.

How do you think people could prevent/slow down this disaster from happening?

This is the first I'm hearing that Steam's dropping Windows 10 support, got a source on this?

They dropped Windows 7/8 support earlier this year. It is likely they'll do the same when Windows 10 is EOLed next year.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/wi...

In other words, you're simply making an _assumption_ that Valve will instantly drop support at Microsoft's EOL date.

It's not merely an _assumption_

I wish Valve actually spoke up against this EOL date, yet what they've done is just follow that date so far.

Steam's end of service on Windows 7 and 8 is based on CEF, just as it was for XP and Vista. I don't see Google/Chromium dropping Windows 10 support at Microsoft's EOL especially given how much market share Win10 still has -- it would be shooting themselves in the foot.

In the meantime, instead of ditching Steam, ditch Windows. Steam works amazing on Linux, and with Proton, the vast majority of Windows games Just Work(TM). You don't even need SteamOS (although it helps).

I am fine with valve and have more of a grudge with Projekt Red and the abuse of their employees in Poland. So I wouldn't.

Okay, wow, employee abuse is definitely NOT what I support. I must be living under a rock, I will look into this.

What other alternatives exist that allow fully offline downloads?

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