Steam Linux Usage Drops During August

[torsionbar28]

I'm running Steam on Manjaro (Arch-based).
Steam on Linux supports 90% of distributions, it's just up to your distribution to package it.

How did you arrive at 90%?

Steam flat out does not run on RHEL or CentOS. Period. It has nothing to do with packaging.

I use RHEL6, hence, I cannot run the native Linux steam client (and be counted in their Linux statistics). My only option is to run the Windows Steam client using CrossOver.

[tjaalton]

Give me good working graphics driver for my HD 4670M with Ubuntu 12.04 and i will start using steam again...

Hopefully Ubuntu 14.04 will use Kernel 3.11 or above...

Once 13.10 is released, you should have the backports stack in precise-proposed shortly after. Then after enabling -proposed you can just install it by running 'apt-get install xserver-xorg-lts-saucy'. This will be available in -updates before too long and is the default stack of 12.04.4 which will be released in Jan'14.

[jokergermany.de.vu]

Thanks, but i think i will change to 13.10 and then change to 14.04 LTS...

[gens]

Steam flat out does not run on RHEL or CentOS. Period. It has nothing to do with packaging.

what ?
there is no reason for it not to run

try

http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-steam-on-fedora-19-18-17/

for packing

[IanS]

I would buy and install more titles if it would let me use a different folder to install my games. My linux partition has 20GB and only 2GB free... There's no way I can fit any good titles in that

The way I handle this is to replace the symlinks in ~/.steam with my own pointing to where I moved my whole Steam install to. I have a hdd just for games and I tend to have mutliple versions of Linux installed as I try out new distro releases, they each get a copy of that ~/.steam folder with the custom symlinks so I can easily jump from one distro to another with minimal fuss to access my games.

[DDF420]

what ?
there is no reason for it not to run

try

http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-steam-on-fedora-19-18-17/

for packing

I think the problem for RHEL 6 and clones like centos/scientific linux was its using glibc-2.12 Steam wants glibc-2.15 or was that Ubuntu-specific glibc-2.15 builds? i can't remember

[Bucic]

The way I handle this is to replace the symlinks in ~/.steam with my own pointing to where I moved my whole Steam install to. I have a hdd just for games and I tend to have mutliple versions of Linux installed as I try out new distro releases, they each get a copy of that ~/.steam folder with the custom symlinks so I can easily jump from one distro to another with minimal fuss to access my games.

Wow, you really went over the top there... As stated already changing installation location for steam on linux is as easy as it gets and handled by the steam itself

You can select the folder you like to install games in. Settings > Downloads > steam library folders. Here you can add folders you like to install games in...

[Pallidus]

I saw this coming months ago... read my backlog if you don't believe me

also: steambox will be DOA and a huge failure

"Hey kids don't buy ps4's or xbones what you really want is this here mini-pc running linux that you can connect to your TV to run old ass PC games in"

valve will go the way of the dodo, if they were smart they would pouring all their resources into making games like hl3 etc and porting them to all platforms

[matzipan]

I saw this coming months ago... read my backlog if you don't believe me

also: steambox will be DOA and a huge failure

"Hey kids don't buy ps4's or xbones what you really want is this here mini-pc running linux that you can connect to your TV to run old ass PC games in"

valve will go the way of the dodo, if they were smart they would pouring all their resources into making games like hl3 etc and porting them to all platforms

_everybody_ is playing all those old titles... because they are good. and it's gonna be only a fraction of the cost and the games will cost less... oh snap.

[DarkCerberus]

The problem is Linux has always been used for companies using server's or general desktop use in the IT Industry - it has not originally been made for video gaming, true hard-core linux users wouldn't use steam and once a steam account is created it cannot be removed which would anger some users especially me. I started using linux only for a few years but I generally prefer it when companies like valve stop transferring propriatary content over to linux. Linux is open source and as such so should steam and valve's games if they want people to continue using the companies "product"....