> I think it can probably be closed, then? I would say so, yes.
> > "Linux > > > > 32-bit Linux distributions are also no longer supported. > > Please install a 64-bit Linux distribution to make use of the Steam > > browser." > > > > This sounds to me like it might be the end of the road for Steam on > > 32-bit. > > Because the Steam client is a 32-bit binary with 32-bit dependencies, > we have to distribute it as steam:i386 anyway - otherwise its > dependencies on libraries like libGL wouldn't work correctly. > > If the embedded web browser (a separate process, I think) doesn't work > on a pure i386 system but only on an amd64 + i386 multiarch system, > then that isn't really something we can fix. If I remember correctly > from using Windows Steam under Wine at a time when Wine failed to run > the embedded web browser, the Steam client can work enough without its > web browser to log in (during startup) and install and run games that > were bought by using a different web browser or a different machine, > as long as those games are themselves 32-bit; so I think "works with > severely degraded functionality" would be a reasonable summary? That's fair ball, TBH I will probably not even try again as in browsing through the games library I did not see too much that would likely run well (if at all) on an ancient machine, so I have since scrounged a 64-bit machine with a bit more oomph for permanent use as game machine. Thanks for staying on top of steam, Clayton