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How up to date is the Steam Flatpak? (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 9 months ago by million to c/linux_gaming
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I was going to going to ask this question because Steam Flatpak was listed as last being updated May 2023, but they just updated it yesterday. That's still about 9 month between updates.

In general if I am on rolling release like OpenSuse Tumbleweed is my Steam package and Mesa drivers going to be more up to date then what the Steam Flatpak provides or are they updating the Flatpak and dependencies more frequently then the Discover app is suggesting?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure on the exact details of how it sources mesa, but you can check what version of mesa steam is using by clicking help in steam, and selecting "Steam Runtime Diagnostics". My flatpak steam install reports that I'm using Mesa 24.0.2-arch1.1, which is the same version I get if I check glxinfo | grep Mesa. I'm assuming that means flatpak Steam is using my system's mesa.

I do have some versions of Mesa installed through flatpak in the form of freedesktop.Platform packages, but they're older versions than what was reported from inside steam.

[–] million 3 points 9 months ago

Great tip. It looks like the Flatpak has a newer version then even Tumbleweed, so that answers my initial question, thanks!