On Thu, 2023-06-29 at 23:15 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote: > I'm not a gamer, but brother has steam on a Windows 7 machine > that he just got a message that Steam is dropping support for > Windows 7 in about 6 months? Knew that there is steam on Linux, > but have run into problems? > > 1. I had a similar machine to his windows 7 system, except it just > has onboard video versus his machine that has a $450 video card > he got years ago. > > Installed the Steam, and it seemed to install just fine. > Logged into his account, and downloaded one of his games that > required a 60G download. > Then went to play it, and it gives a message about requiring > DirectX 10.1? > > Doesn't give any other info. Tried dnf, but it doesn't seem to have > anything about DirectX?? > > Not a steam user, so not sure if the Steam that it installed is > native > to Linux, or if it is somehow linked to wine? > Machine has winehq installed. > > Seen a number of pages that talk about Steam with Unbunta, but > I've got 5 Fedora 37 systems, but if that version of Linux is better, > I could rebuild it, but would prefer to use Fedora. > Did find one page that seems to talk about Fedora 38, have issues > with Steam, and that it is being worked on?? > > Hoping that there is just some package(s) that need to be installed > to get it to work? > Or can the windows version be installed with winehq. > There was a playonlinux package, but it reported lots of issue with > winehq and conflicting with wanting to install wine version 7.xx. > > Figure that must be some gamers here that would know what best > option is. Steam is available from RPMfusion as an rpm: $ rpm -qi steam Name : steam Version : 1.0.0.78 Release : 1.fc38 Architecture: i686 Install Date: Sun 21 May 2023 11:14:48 BST Group : Unspecified Size : 3917310 License : Steam License Agreement and MIT Signature : RSA/SHA256, Fri 12 May 2023 16:54:28 BST, Key ID 6a2af96194843c65 Source RPM : steam-1.0.0.78-1.fc38.src.rpm Build Date : Fri 12 May 2023 09:48:00 BST Build Host : buildvm-01.online.rpmfusion.net Packager : RPM Fusion Vendor : RPM Fusion URL : http://www.steampowered.com/ Summary : Installer for the Steam software distribution service Description : Steam is a software distribution service with an online store, automated installation, automatic updates, achievements, SteamCloud synchronized savegame and screenshot functionality, and many social features. This package contains the installer for the Steam software distribution service. It's basically a repackaged version of the Ubuntu build, and once installed it updates itself when you run it. I've managed to run a number of Windows games that use DirectX, to such an extent that I no longer even bother booting Windows 10. YMMV of course. A good source to check is: https://www.protondb.com/ where you'll find many hints on any per-game tweaks you may need to apply, and what kind of results to expect. Steam comes with the Proton version of WINE, so you don't need anything else, but Proton itself can be installed separately for those who want more control. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
