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Questions relating to using the Steam digital distribution and gaming software in Ubuntu.

Steam is a cross-platform digital distribution and multiplayer platform. The Steam software enables connectivity with the Steam Community from its desktop client, or while in-game. It is an equivalent of the 'Xbox Live'/'PlayStation Network' platform for online/offline gaming on Windows, Linux, and Mac.

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How do I remove Steam?

Anyone know of a way to remove Steam from Ubuntu 12.04? Looked around the net but could not find an straight forward solution. Thanks.
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Steam not opening in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I have never used Ubuntu or any other Linux OS before last Friday. For all I know, I might have installed Ubuntu wrong and be missing a component. I would prefer if you use simplest terminology possible, but I'm OK with doing a bit of googling if…
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Problem with installing Steam on Ubuntu 15.04+

Actually I have installed the new Ubuntu 15.04 64bit, and when I'm trying to install Steam on it, there is a problem. In fact I have downloaded the deb package from steam website, installed it and when I start it nothing happens. I tried to start it…
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Steam: libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast

If I click the desktop app of "Steam", nothing happens. Running steam in terminal produces the following: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1474415843) libGL error: No matching…
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Problem starting Steam on ubuntu 15.04 64-bit

After installing and updating, whenever I start Steam, it gives me the following error: Running Steam on ubuntu 15.04 64-bit STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically [2015-05-02 16:48:39] Startup - updater built Apr 13 2015 15:17:10 SteamUpdateUI: An…
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How can I install Steam?

How can I install and run Steam on Ubuntu?
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Error loading libGL.so.1

When attempting to run various pieces of software (notably Steam and Yenka), I have come across an error similar to this: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I'm running a 64…
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Steam doesn't open on Ubuntu 17.10

Steam does not open at all when i open it from search, and in the terminal it says Repairing installation, linking /home/xyz/.steam/steam to /home/xyz/.local/share/Steam Running Steam on ubuntu 17.10 64-bit STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled…
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How do I get a Steam Controller working?

I got a Steam Controller and I need to get it working in Ubuntu, how do I do that?
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Where are Steam games installed?

I want to buy a new notebook in the near future to play games on it. I'm looking forward for the new Steam for Linux client. My question is that where does the Steam install the games, on the home partition, or in the usr folder, or somewhere else?…
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Can I run Steam as its own standalone session?

I would like to run Steam in a standalone mode so I don't have to load a desktop and then run Steam. I just want 100% of my resources dedicated to the game. Ideally it would just be a Steam session that I can log into from the login screen. Is this…
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Steam cannot set up steam data

So, I am fairly new to xubuntu, and have just made a fresh install. I decided to get steam, so I used the Software Center to install steam, but i am encountering problems. Running steam from the start menu simply brings up a box saying: Couldn't…
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Running Windows Steam on Linux (Using Wine)

I just installed Ubuntu for the first time and am trying to figure a way to play Windows games on Linux. I've read you need to use Wine, and I'm just wondering how exactly I go about doing this correctly. I've read a lot of conflicting information.
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OpenGL GLX context is not using direct rendering, which may cause performance problems. (steam) AMD DRIVER

When I start steam in a terminal, I get the following error messages charlie@SteamMPL:~$ steam rm: no se puede borrar «/home/charlie/.steam/steam»: Es un directorio rm: no se puede borrar «/home/charlie/.steam/bin»: Es un directorio Running Steam…
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Error in installing Steam on ubuntu 15.04

agung@agung-K43SJ:~$ steam Running Steam on ubuntu 15.04 64-bit STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0) libGL error: unable to load driver: nouveau_dri.so libGL error: driver…
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