Rant about steam for linux... keep it civil though

not nearly awake enough to start ranting and answer this person’s comment(on behalf of valve/steam). but i figured i would share it with you to enjoy while you have your coffee this morning

oh and garuda-inxi

System:
Kernel: 6.5.7-AMD-znver2 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: hpet available: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-amd-znver2
root=UUID=db37640e-243e-401b-9117-5ab4e247db2f rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=26f9424d-c98e-4028-849c-9edad2ba726d loglevel=3
initcall_blacklist=acpi_cpufreq_init amd-pstate=passive options amdgpu
ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff sysrq_always_enabled=1 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.8 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A515-45 v: V1.07
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LN model: Calla_LC v: V1.07 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: INSYDE v: 1.07 date: 07/27/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 42.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.1/53.2 Wh (79.2%)
volts: 12.6 min: 11.6 model: COSMX AP20CBL type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x68 (104) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x8608102
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
desc: 2x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3676 high: 4372 min/max: 400/4372 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: amd-pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 4372 2: 4372
3: 1776 4: 4372 5: 4372 6: 4372 7: 4372 8: 4372 9: 1777 10: 3631 11: 1776
12: 4372 13: 1776 14: 4372 15: 4372 16: 4372 bogomips: 57515
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Lucienne vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164c
class-ID: 0300 temp: 49.0 C
Device-2: Chicony HD User Facing driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-4:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b72b
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: AU Optronics 0x4999 built: 2019
res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM
16.0.6 DRM 3.54 6.5.7-AMD-znver2) device-ID: 1002:164c memory: 500 MiB
unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.264 layers: 13 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
device-ID: 1002:164c surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 23.2.1-arch1.2 (LLVM
16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 05:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: N/A alternate: snd_pci_acp3x,
snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 05:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 05:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.5.7-AMD-znver2 status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.83 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 4.1 TiB used: 2.14 TiB (52.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P6MA000 temp: 34.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT4000MX500SSD1
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 044 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 460.16 GiB size: 460.16 GiB (100.00%)
used: 102.5 GiB (22.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 592 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 460.16 GiB size: 460.16 GiB (100.00%)
used: 102.5 GiB (22.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 460.16 GiB size: 460.16 GiB (100.00%)
used: 102.5 GiB (22.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 460.16 GiB size: 460.16 GiB (100.00%)
used: 102.5 GiB (22.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.48 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 14.99 GiB used: 3.31 GiB (22.1%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 62.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 50.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 387 Uptime: 17h 58m wakeups: 1 Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est.
available: 14.99 GiB used: 7.29 GiB (48.6%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2442 libs: 610 tools: octopi,pamac,paru
Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.30
Garuda (2.6.17-1):
System install date:     2022-06-28
Last full system update: 2023-10-19
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

oh wow, otherpc has been installed since System install date: 2021-05-13

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That’s pretty lame, but at the same time I get it–narrowing the support window to that one distro dramatically reduces the potential for rabbit-holing on some weird issue that ends up being related to an odd configuration one specific distro has.

I would encourage you to sign up for a GitHub account and open an issue on the page like they suggested, if you haven’t already. A lot of times the support you get from the community is better than the helpdesk support anyway.

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indeed, however currently developers looking to develop for steamos/steamdeck are advised to use manjaro for their testing, atleast until steamos3 is finally released

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