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Steam's Latest Client Update Introduces Many Refinements for Linux

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5mo ago

Steam's Latest Client Update Introduces Many Refinements for Linux

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I really hope they come with a wayland native version in the near future.
- This, proton and an app I need for work are all that's left before I can trash xwayland... can't wait!
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
- 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.
  
  cries in Ubuntu
- Dropdown bug still happens even in win10
I was hoping there would be something about resource usage. Curse you, steamwebhelper
- Wait really?! Feel like that's a bug that really needs addressing
- Also not a fan of downloads eating a core.
  
  Isn’t that just because they download a compressed format?
All I really want is a context menu to open the game's Wine prefix directory.
- yes please. It's super annoying in general but on deck it gets old so fast that it happens in the past.
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.
- 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.
  
  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.
- You pirate games because Steam opens a window?
  EDIT: Seems you're starting to resort to cheap attacks on me because you got downvoted
  
  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
  
  I share clean steam files for the ones I buy too. What you gonna do about it?
  
  You never owned an nvidia card or are you just shilling for steam?
- 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
  
  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.
- Checked and no they haven't lol.
  I don't think this used to be an issue because I used to use desktop icon launchers in the past, which makes it weird that it somehow changed. I think maybe after the big new UI update?
  
  This has been an issue like 2 years maybe or 1. I checked too :(
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.
- OMG thats what that is... I thought I was crazy
- 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
  
  I will try this thanks.
- Does copying the desktop file to the applications directory in ~/.local help?
  
  I don’t know I haven’t tried that as I can go in and change the file, and set PrefersNonDefaultGPU=false and it works after that.
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 :(
Still waiting for a fix to make Steam library sharing usable on a multi user system without quietly failing with nothing showing
- Yes please, I've just been hit by this yesterday. Though there are workarounds.. But they aren't pretty.
  
  Mine is to just create a separate user to use steam... Kinda like Steam Deck, but I hate relogging every time I want to play a game
How about you fix cs2 for Linux?
- If ProtonDB says that it’s working then it’s working, most likely something ain’t right with your setup.
  
  Did you even read the page?
- I'm playing cs2 and everything is working bro
  
  resolution changes lead to gui breaking and inaccurate mouse movements unless in windowed mode
  Audio breaks forcing people to create a special config file for Pipewire
  Gamescope does not work in comp (developed by valve) and has given vac bans for even using it
  The FPS is lower than windows and has micro stutters when compared with windows (Nvidia reflex?)

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