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Questions relating to using the Steam digital distribution and gaming software in Ubuntu.

Steam is a cross-platform digital distribution and multiplayer platform. The Steam software enables connectivity with the Steam Community from its desktop client, or while in-game. It is an equivalent of the 'Xbox Live'/'PlayStation Network' platform for online/offline gaming on Windows, Linux, and Mac.

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Where are Steam games installed?

I want to buy a new notebook in the near future to play games on it. I'm looking forward for the new Steam for Linux client. My question is that where does the Steam install the games, on the home partition, or in the usr folder, or somewhere else?…
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How do I get a Steam Controller working?

I got a Steam Controller and I need to get it working in Ubuntu, how do I do that?
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Can I run Steam as its own standalone session?

I would like to run Steam in a standalone mode so I don't have to load a desktop and then run Steam. I just want 100% of my resources dedicated to the game. Ideally it would just be a Steam session that I can log into from the login screen. Is this…
Jorge Castro
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Steam cannot set up steam data

So, I am fairly new to xubuntu, and have just made a fresh install. I decided to get steam, so I used the Software Center to install steam, but i am encountering problems. Running steam from the start menu simply brings up a box saying: Couldn't…
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You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run: libc.so.6

I have recently moved over from SteamOS which is Debian Wheazy. None of the other fixes have not worked, I tried getting steam both through Steam itself and the Ubuntu Center.
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Steam doesn't start. LibGL error

Steam doesn't launch... trying to run it from the icon doesn't do anything, no errors, nothing. Trying to launch from the terminal and I get this: Running Steam on ubuntu 15.04 64-bit STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically Installing breakpad…
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Why doesn't Steam start?

When I try to start Steam nothing happens. Reinstall doesn't help. $ steam Running Steam on ubuntu 13.04 64-bit STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1378500910_client) Installing…
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What is "Steam" and how does it work?

I've heard Steam is recently available for GNU/Linux. A lot of people are talking about it. What is Steam? What's the fuss all about? Is Steam just for people who develop and play games? What should I know about Steam, as an user of Ubuntu? Should I…
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How to download skyrim from steam and play on ubuntu

I recently bought Skyrim on Steam and did not know that it can only be played on Windows. I was wondering how can I play Skyrim on my Ubuntu computer?
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Steam not displaying text on wine 1.5 running on Ubuntu 12.04

Hello fellow dwellers of askubuntu, as the title says I'm having difficulties with getting Steam to run properly. I think I have the solution but I am pretty incompetent with Ubuntu (just started using it the other day) so a step by step process…
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'Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)' while trying to run Steam

I installed steam for ubuntu , so I tried to launch it and i get this : ~$ steam Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1352224866_client) ~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: …
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How can I change where Steam installs games?

I have a Lenovo u410 laptop. My recent install broke, so I reinstalled with 13.04 daily. It's on a 30GB primary SSD, and I want to offload large files to the 1TB hard drive that also resides in my system. I installed steam and it defaulted to my SSD…
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Steam install can erase my home. How to prevent it?

I have read a disturbing topic on Valve where a user lost his system when using the steam script. There is a discussion on reddit.linux and on reddit/steam. This may not be a common problem because I change all sorts of configuration about my…
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Steam error "No such file or directory" for 17.04

When I run command steam in the terminal it gives me this error. $ steam tar: This does not look like a tar archive xz: (stdin): File format not recognized tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now find:…
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Steam error missing libGL.so.1

when downloading steam to my amd64 bit ubuntu pc i get the error-you are missing the following 32-bit libraries and steam may not run: libGL.so.1 any fixes would be much appreciated
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