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A game distribution platform, including an application to manage installed games

Steam is a game distribution platform, which includes a client application supported on Mac OS X and Linux (as well as Windows) and a library that applications can use to access DRM-protected content.

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How can I get Mumble's overlay working?

Mumble and Team Fortress 2 (TF2) both work fine for me individually, but I cannot get mumble-overlay working, either independently or within TF2. I've tried putting the following launch options into TF2's properties in Steam, none of which have…
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Is it possible to run Steam games using optirun?

I am using Bumblebee on OpenSuse 13.1 on my Intel HD4600 / Nvidia GTX 860M combo. Steam games seems to lag a bit, when using primusrun. (vblank_mode=0 primusrun) Testing both primusrun and optirun with glxspheres, indicates that optirun is the…
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How can I install steam on Fedora 28+

I'm trying to figure out how to install Steam on my Fedora 28 laptop. I found these instructions but it's unclear to me whether I need to use the negativo17 repo to install Steam or if there's some other method.
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Uninstall a Steam game from the console

Is it possible to uninstall a Steam game from the console? I have tried deleting the game's folder in .steam/steam/steamapps/common, but the game continues to appear in the Steam library, although it fails to run.
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Opening .dmp (Mini DuMP crash report) file

I downloaded a game. It has a issue of just not working every time I launch it I'm welcomed by a white screen. Did some cli magic, found out that the game is missing few libraries, installed them. The game still doesn't work, as far as I was able to…
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Civilization IV turns into a black screen after revealing map

I'm running Linux Mint 19 on a laptop Gateway NV51M and I have installed Civilization iv on Steam using Proton. The game runs out of box. But after I (or the PC) build Stonehenge wonder (Important: this wonder centers the map). The screen turns into…
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Can't connect to steam

I've just installed Steam on my computer, created a Steam account and tried clicking on the steam icon to load it. It gave me the following error and then shuts down: If I type steam in the terminal, it gives me all…
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Could not load module 'vgui2_s.so'

I am trying to install steam on my BunsenLab laptop (Debian 8/Jessie). After enabling multi arch and apt-get steam:i386, I first encountered a missing library error, which I fixed by also installing libglib2.0-0:i386, libgtk2.0-0:i386 and…
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Can't launch Steam games using optirun (Bumblebee)

I am using a Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 laptop with an Intel i7 CPU, an Intel HD4000 integrated GPU, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M discrete GPU. I have recently installed Debian testing (jessie) on it, previously using Ubuntu 14.10. To be able to use the…
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Make OpenGL GLX work with Steam client on Debian jessie

I'm trying to install Steam Client on Debian 8 (Jessie) 64-bit because the instructions ask me to (and because I've tried without them and it fails... read on!). In following the instruction I've basically done the following: deb…
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How to fix Fontconfig error

Whenever Fontconfig is run by an application (in my specific case, Civ V in steam), it outputs this error: Fontconfig error: "/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element Fontconfig error:…
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How does anti-cheat work and how is it distributed on Steam Games?

According to Levvvel's list of kernel-level anti-cheat games, many modern games use kernel-level anti cheat. One provider of kernel-level anti-cheat is Epic with Easy Anti-Cheat and one game using that is Apex Legends which is available on…
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Steam missing libGL.so.1 on fresh Debian testing install

After following the recommendations on the debian Wiki, adding the i386 architecture and installing steam from apt, still missing libGL.so.1: me@hostname:~$sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 Reading package lists... Done Building…
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Dirt Rally Start Failing

I'm having problems starting Dirt Rally on Steam with EndeavourOS. Currently I'm having these errors on the console: /mnt/24900711-3d8d-4042-bbe3-7762ddf28edb/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/DiRT Rally/bin/DirtRally: /usr/lib/libldap_r-2.4.so.2: no…
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Steam is unable to create .desktop file(s). Workaround or fix?

Today, I bought Project Hospital game on Steam for my Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon. I do have only this game installed, so I am unable to determine if the issue persists with other games. While the game runs fine, I am unable to create a .desktop file via…
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