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New Steam Client Update Introduces Linux 64-Bit Support, Steam Achievement Sets

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9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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Valve released a new stable Steam Client update today for all supported platforms with a few important changes and updates, including 64-bit Linux support.

The November 11th Steam Client update is the first stable release to introduce 64-bit support for Linux systems, which means that all new Steam Client installations will no longer need to fetch that long list of 32-bit libraries. This also means you’ll have to remove your current Steam Client installation and reinstall.

In addition, starting with this release, the Steam Client now runs inside a Steam Runtime container, which, according to Valve, will help the Steam Client provide a more consistent experience across multiple Linux distributions. This is the same technology used by Steam games.

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