Steam Linux Support - Valve will abandon support of the Steam client on Linux distributions without glibc 2.31 or newer as of 8/15/25
Steam Support :: Steam Linux Support
For anyone who might think their glibc might be older than 2.31, you can check with ldd --version
If you're on any distro that has released an update within a span of 5 years, you're clear.
phew mint makes the cut at 2.39
For reference 2.31 was released on 2020-02-01
author Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh@sourceware.org Sat, 1 Feb 2020 10:56:33 +0000 (16:26 +0530) committer Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh@sourceware.org Sat, 1 Feb 2020 11:52:50 +0000 (17:22 +0530) commit 9ea3686266dca3f004ba874745a4087a89682617 tree 6ee690ef6fa36bf79d2e05b5a30a4f7e10ba3937 tree parent 7ef9556328fd5c2fe1c2d9203a209895b5156a33
It's still weird to look at a 2020 and think that was 5 years ago
Yeah I keep thinking 2020 was like 2, maybe 3, years ago
And Debian Bullseye have that version, so it will affect hardly anyone.
Me reading the headline: 📈📈📈📉
It says
On August 15th, 2025, Steam will officially stop supporting Linux distributions with a version of glibc older than 2.31.
How did this confusion happen?
“with glibc older than 2.31” ≡ “without glibc 2.31 or newer”
(In case you’re not referencing a misleading post title that’s since been edited.)
It reads fine, but I see why it would confuse you as well.
