For reference 2.31 was released on 2020-02-01
author Siddhesh Poyarekar [email protected] Sat, 1 Feb 2020 10:56:33 +0000 (16:26 +0530) committer Siddhesh Poyarekar [email protected] 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.
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
Me reading the headline: 📈📈📈📉
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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.