Steam's Latest Client Update Introduces Many Refinements for Linux : linux

[-] krimson@lemmy.world 98 points 4 weeks ago

I really hope they come with a wayland native version in the near future.

[-] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 37 points 4 weeks ago

This, proton and an app I need for work are all that's left before I can trash xwayland... can't wait!

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 54 points 4 weeks ago

dropdown menus now appear correctly.

I feel like I've heard this before. Anyway, if it's true they've finally fixed a bug that's almost two years old

[-] pea@lemm.ee 7 points 4 weeks ago

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.

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago

flatpak is the official release of steam iirc, so that's why.

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[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 weeks ago

cries in Ubuntu

[-] msage@programming.dev 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

You can use Flatpak as well?

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 weeks ago

I assumed I could, but (also assumed) it was difficult to do so and would introduce fuckyness. I was wrong!

[-] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 6 points 4 weeks ago

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

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[-] whelk@lemm.ee 37 points 4 weeks ago

I was hoping there would be something about resource usage. Curse you, steamwebhelper

[-] Rin@lemm.ee 21 points 4 weeks ago

Oh yeah. If you leave a steam page open, it'll create a very slow memory leak. Left store page open for about a week, came back to 6gb steamwebhelper xd

[-] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 weeks ago

Wait really?! Feel like that's a bug that really needs addressing

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago

what kind of sane person is gonna leave a steam page open for over a week, though?

[-] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 13 points 4 weeks ago

I can see it easily being accidentally left open if you have a busy desktop and don't regularly restart your PC

[-] Rin@lemm.ee 5 points 4 weeks ago

In my case, i use multiple workspaces. Had a workspace for gaming set up and left the window on the store page. Had a busy week so I didn't game. I usually don't turn off my computer because I contribute to Folding@Home at night. Week flies by and I start to wonder why my ram is full and investigate :D

[-] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 4 weeks ago

What kind of sane person is gonna debug and track down a memory leak, though? Just buy more ram

[-] slaveOne@reddthat.com 6 points 4 weeks ago

What kind of sane person is going to buy more RAM? Just download it

[-] Rin@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago

Just mount your swap partition on google drive. xd

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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago

Also not a fan of downloads eating a core.

[-] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 3 points 4 weeks ago

Isn’t that just because they download a compressed format?

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[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 26 points 4 weeks ago

All I really want is a context menu to open the game's Wine prefix directory.

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[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 20 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

i hope it finally fixes the bug that makes steam have alzheimers when it comes to windows size and position.

because I'm sick to fucking death of having to constantly resize and reposition the windows every time i switch between small/large and when launching.

Its so bad that I gave up and just started browsing steam store via browser.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 weeks ago

I hate that it steals the focus like 5 times when launching. I'll try to click off to do something while it's starting, but it steals input focus. I get doing it once when the app finishes loading, but I really don't need to stare at the startup progress bar.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Steam, as a program, has fundamentally gotten worse with every update ever since they switched to electron/chromium

remember for a while they tried to take small mode away from us.

cause they are going down the same route that everything goes. Its gotten popular, so now they are trying to turn it into a social media platform.

I dont want a social media playform. theres already enough of those. I just want a small, slick, low resource, easy to use, quick to load program to buy my games and launch them.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago

Small mode? I had completely forgotten that it existed. I didn't know anyone used that.

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 weeks ago

it had utility, it would reduce ram usage, make the program more usable. But now it doesn't because it's all fucking electron, so it's literally useless.

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[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

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[-] Virkkunen@fedia.io 49 points 4 weeks ago

You pirate games because Steam opens a window?

EDIT: Seems you're starting to resort to cheap attacks on me because you got downvoted

[-] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 4 weeks ago

Gabe Newell said it himself. Piracy isn't a price issue it's a service issue. If the steam client is shit. Then we're going to go pirate

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 weeks ago

But it's really not. It has bugs, but the overall service is fantastic.

[-] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 weeks ago

I agree. I was just defending that other person. Still think it's ass the the steam client is a second class citizen on Linux. It's still filled with so many bugs you don't see on windows

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[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago

sure, the service is good. The utility is awful, and the utility is part of the overall service. And currently, the steam client is basically fucking bloatware.

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[-] tauren@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago

There’s still no light theme, you can’t upload videos, screenshots on your feed take like 20% of the screen with no proper full-screen view (it opens another window after two clicks that you have to close later), likes and comments don’t sync well between the friends feed and the game feed, and this list goes on and on. Steam client is far from fantastic. It’s a half-baked product with inconsistent user experience.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

Hmm, I guess none of that bothers me:

I prefer dark theme
I don't care about videos/screenshots/social stuff aside from "wanna join my game?" - I use a separate chat for that
feed?

But I can see how it can be frustrating if you use those features.

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I share clean steam files for the ones I buy too. What you gonna do about it?

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

So you enjoy pirating games. Great! More power to you.

But then let's not pretend it's because of the steam UI.

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 weeks ago

I said it's one of the reasons. Let's not speak for each other.

Are you a steam fanboy or something?

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[-] jonno@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 4 weeks ago

Not sure wh the downvotes. I had to switch from gnome to KDE for the problem to go away. Steam client beta branch didn’t do anything

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 weeks ago

I'm on nvidia and it's such an irritating bug cause a lot of the times games don't launch or work properly cause of the steam window in the background. It's a legit issue, idk why steam fanboys are mad.

Thanks, I'll try kde as you said. Never knew kde fixed it.

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[-] mx_smith@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago

Please fix the issue where you change my default graphic card settings in the desktop file. It’s super annoying to have to launch from the cli after an update.

[-] whatevercomeon@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

OMG thats what that is... I thought I was crazy

[-] Maiq@lemy.lol 5 points 4 weeks ago

I don't know if this would help but it might be worth a try, make a file immutable by

sudo chattr +i /file/location

If it doesn't work change it back,

sudo chattr -i /file/location

[-] mx_smith@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

I will try this thanks.

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[-] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 weeks ago

I really would like steamwebhelper to stop crashing randomly. It breaks game recording, and it doesn't come back until you restart steam.

So many good clips lost :(

[-] Zanshi@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

Still waiting for a fix to make Steam library sharing usable on a multi user system without quietly failing with nothing showing

[-] Decq@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yes please, I've just been hit by this yesterday. Though there are workarounds.. But they aren't pretty.

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