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> Your problem is using Linux Mint... I think you just provided a shining example of the potential problems linux gaming faces...

Mikeb85 13y ago
I've used Steam successfully with Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora, Arch, Manjaro... Mint is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable.
- clarry 13y ago
  Ubuntu is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable. Fedora is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable. Arch is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable. We could play this game all day to make stinkytaco's point.
  - Mikeb85 13y ago
    You're right, any bleeding edge Linux can be unstable. But I'd put an app into production on any of the ones listed over Mint. Either way, the fact that Steam doesn't work on Mint is Mint's problem, not Steam's...
    - aclevernickname 13y ago
      Because none of you seem to be reading anything outside your own little threadwars: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6847940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6847940 "Steam is included in the Linux Mint 16 repositories and you shouldn't have issues installing it from the package manager. Or you can always "apt-get install steam". Like most Linux applications, you are better off installing the application from the package manager instead of from the upstream website." now stop spreading FUD.
  - jebblue 13y ago
    >> Ubuntu is just a buggy distro MMM, no. All of the others you listed, yes. Else, I wouldn't be running Linux. I'd be running Windows. Ubuntu rocks.
jlund 13y ago
Valve is making their own distribution.
sandGorgon 13y ago
Not entirely, its less an issue of Linux and more an issue of software packaging - which, incidentally is being solved right now. Ubuntu is building a new packaging format called "Click Packages", which possibly would solve a lot of these installation issues. It would be unsurprising, if Steam/SteamOS uses this at its core, precisely to solve the availability issue. However, I believe that SteamOS will become the default distro for all gamers.

Mikeb85 13y ago

I've used Steam successfully with Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora, Arch, Manjaro... Mint is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable.

clarry 13y ago
Ubuntu is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable. Fedora is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable. Arch is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable. We could play this game all day to make stinkytaco's point.
- Mikeb85 13y ago
  You're right, any bleeding edge Linux can be unstable. But I'd put an app into production on any of the ones listed over Mint. Either way, the fact that Steam doesn't work on Mint is Mint's problem, not Steam's...
  - aclevernickname 13y ago
    Because none of you seem to be reading anything outside your own little threadwars: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6847940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6847940 "Steam is included in the Linux Mint 16 repositories and you shouldn't have issues installing it from the package manager. Or you can always "apt-get install steam". Like most Linux applications, you are better off installing the application from the package manager instead of from the upstream website." now stop spreading FUD.
- jebblue 13y ago
  >> Ubuntu is just a buggy distro MMM, no. All of the others you listed, yes. Else, I wouldn't be running Linux. I'd be running Windows. Ubuntu rocks.

jlund 13y ago

Valve is making their own distribution.

sandGorgon 13y ago

Not entirely, its less an issue of Linux and more an issue of software packaging - which, incidentally is being solved right now. Ubuntu is building a new packaging format called "Click Packages", which possibly would solve a lot of these installation issues. It would be unsurprising, if Steam/SteamOS uses this at its core, precisely to solve the availability issue. However, I believe that SteamOS will become the default distro for all gamers.