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solus-project / linux-steam-integration

Helper for enabling better Steam integration on Linux
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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Readme doesn't actually explain what improvements are offered by this package #6

Closed djmattyg007 closed 7 years ago

djmattyg007 commented 7 years ago

I have no idea if I should actually install this because I can't easily tell exactly what it does over not using it.

ikeydoherty commented 7 years ago

It forces Steam to work properly. It allows you to turn off the Steam runtime and use your own OS runtime without issue, which leads to less bugs and enhanced performance (no ancient libs..)

It also forces the Steam client to fit in, so no ugly font issues from using the wrong fontconfig, no unthemed tray icon from using its own GTK, etc.

Lastly, it lets you still use Steam's runtime on modern distros, where Steam no longer starts without coercing or butchering the runtime (most distros now have some hook to do this - even openSUSE). It will "just work" when you start it up, whichever route you wish to take, without irreversibly butchering your own local Steam install.

djmattyg007 commented 7 years ago

You should put that in the Readme file :)

ikeydoherty commented 7 years ago

Indeedy. It's .rst so I need to convert to .md because sod that

ikeydoherty commented 7 years ago

Done :)