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The new #Steam client they are going to release soon, is going to be a big problem for many #Linux users, or at least those of us with non-high-end computers.

It is too heavy, slow, and hogging system resources.

You can try it today by enabling the Steam beta in your settings.

I wish there's a way to stay in the old Steam client. T_T

Anyone found a workaround?

My system:
* Intel i3 10th Gen 2.10GHz × 4
* OS: #PopOS 22.04 LTS
* Acer TravelMate P213-52
* RAM: 8 GiB
* Gfx: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

@youronlyone @gaming Bear in mind you'll get a bit of a boost when the debugging flags are turned off. That said, if you want efficient you should probably be using SteamCMD, the Valve supported official command line client: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

@[email protected] Ahh, there are debugging flags… yeah, that explains it.

Thank you for the SteamCMD suggestion! I'll give it a try. Much appreciated!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Luckily compact mode is still a thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@youronlyone @[email protected] @[email protected] I wouldn't call my PC low-end, but it's not really high-end either, and it works really well for me. Maybe it will get better after time, it's still in beta after all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

@blobcat True that. More likely they will optimise it for the final version.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Oeh I just opt-in on the Beta and I see new client! Looking fresh ​:nomnom:​

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@[email protected] How is it on your end? Using Windows or Linux? No slowless, delayed clicks, and Steam shortcut keys not working (or super delayed)?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Currently using Windows and all seems fine so far. ​:ai_yay:​

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Here is a video, you can see how the client itself reacts and feels the same maybe even smoother then before, beside that shortcuts seem to work fine too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

@youronlyone @gaming

Frankly, I use a Windows 7 installation (dual boot) without network connection and repack versions of a couple of the old games (in Sandboxie instances) that I like to play on occasion.
I don't want internet dependencies or third party control just to play a game I bought.

When you're hooked on non-local LAN multiplayer, you're simply out of luck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, depends how low end we're talking. They're enabling hardware acceleration which should help a lot.

The new in-game overlay on the other hand is causing loads of issues on my high end gaming rig...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've also had issue on my rig (Win10) whilst being in the library, and opening a store link in steam chat, it sometimes creates an error at the top of my screen and pushes the rest of my library down :D

Also plainly the in-game overlay sometimes just doesn't work for me, although I love it when it works <3

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