It’s been six months since we announced the launch of the early access Steam Snap and we’ve been overwhelmed by the response. Over this time we’ve had more than 75 thousand downloads and a tonne of helpful feedback on the Ubuntu Discourse as we get it ready for a full release.
By packaging Steam as a snap we’ve ensured that all of the dependencies required for gaming are included in the application. This means no messing around adding and maintaining PPAs and no issues with 32-bit libraries. Everything you need is included and isolated from the rest of your OS, regardless of the distro you’re running.
With the launch of Ubuntu 22.10 we know that gamers are eager to get their hands on the latest Mesa and we’ve made that even easier with the latest update to the Steam snap. We’ve also delivered some extra fixes and improvements along the way, including support for removable media, high DPI displays, localisation and newer versions of Proton. The migration of the…
