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minus-square@pea@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoI had this until I switched to flatpak version a year ago. That helped both with graphics driver issues and the stability of the main client for me.
minus-squareKillingTimeItselflinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoflatpak is the official release of steam iirc, so that’s why.
minus-squareLaurel RavenlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoWell, then… Maybe I’ll switch, I’ve been adamantly using the one in the Mint repos
minus-square@msage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-22 months agoYou can use Flatpak as well?
minus-square@jabathekek@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoI assumed I could, but (also assumed) it was difficult to do so and would introduce fuckyness. I was wrong!
minus-square@LucidNightmare@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoThe problem with using flat pack version of Steam for me was the weird folder structure for installing games. I like my stuff to be easy to remember and human readable. I.e. Home/Games instead of 726284783/737384/*installed game
I had this until I switched to flatpak version a year ago. That helped both with graphics driver issues and the stability of the main client for me.
flatpak is the official release of steam iirc, so that’s why.
Well, then… Maybe I’ll switch, I’ve been adamantly using the one in the Mint repos
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You can use Flatpak as well?
I assumed I could, but (also assumed) it was difficult to do so and would introduce fuckyness. I was wrong!
The problem with using flat pack version of Steam for me was the weird folder structure for installing games. I like my stuff to be easy to remember and human readable. I.e. Home/Games instead of 726284783/737384/*installed game