Steam on Ubuntu box? (Kind of gaming related)

Rich-Allen1976 · Post by **Rich-Allen1976** » 12 Dec 2022, 10:27

Above.

Would there be a way to get it to work? Ubuntu is a version of Linux.

Steam

Post by **Beerkeg** » 13 Dec 2022, 08:07

Yeah, Steam has a native linux client. I think Ubuntu has a software install center thingy where you can get it or just apt install steam.
While steam works, most games don't have linux support so you'd have to run them in QEMU kvm or WINE which takes a bit more fiddling about, but isn't too difficult.

Rich-Allen1976 · Post by **Rich-Allen1976** » 05 Jan 2023, 21:03

Beerkeg wrote: ↑
13 Dec 2022, 08:07
Yeah, Steam has a native linux client. I think Ubuntu has a software install center thingy where you can get it or just apt install steam.
While steam works, most games don't have linux support so you'd have to run them in QEMU kvm or WINE which takes a bit more fiddling about, but isn't too difficult.

Thanks, I'll get my Brother to have a look when he comes up.

I know WINE's a Windows emulator.

Post by **Beerkeg** » 06 Jan 2023, 12:53

You can always check on the steam store which games will just run on linux without any issues. Its in Store -> Categories -> Special Sections -> SteamOS + Linux. If its there you can just install and play and wont have to deal with WINE or QEMU

Rich-Allen1976 · Post by **Rich-Allen1976** » 06 Jan 2023, 15:06

Beerkeg wrote: ↑
06 Jan 2023, 12:53
You can always check on the steam store which games will just run on linux without any issues. Its in Store -> Categories -> Special Sections -> SteamOS + Linux. If its there you can just install and play and wont have to deal with WINE or QEMU

I'll get him to have a look, there's a few bits I'm interested in, such as the demo of Cassette Beasts, and the PC version of TemTem (both Pokemon clones)