Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[666philb]

here's steam for puppy precise & slacko
(it may also work in other modern pups)



i've hacked it a bit to remove the zenity dependence, treat it as experimental.
Steam requires python so you'll need to install the devx for it to work

http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet_packages-precise/steam.pet 2.1mb

[Gnuxo]

I tried to download it but Mediafire says the download is corrupt and won't let me download.

Can you upload to an alternate host in case?

[666philb]

thanks for letting me know gnuxo, i've re-uploaded it

[ichimitch]

Thank you!

[darkcity]

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Steam added to wiki

[8-bit]

As I am getting a bit on in age and do not want to inadvertently purchase something when using steam, I am not installing it or agreeing to fill out the form that as part of it wants a billing address.
There are enough other sites one can play games on without having to agree to a form to be able to play the games.
The agreement form looks like it was written by a lawyer and as part of it, class action suits are not allowed and it appears one has no recourse if say for instance when playing a game, an option in the game says you can purchase so and so to help you.
So for those that think this is a free gaming site, be forewarned that it, to me, looks more like a hook.
Let it catch some other fish.

[666philb]

hi 8bit .. there's some information on steam here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_%28software%29

there is some amazing free content on steam (dota2, team fortress etc), but mostly it has games you have to pay for. Think of it like a computer game shop, although significantly cheaper.

steam is doing amazing things for gaming on linux! because of it's dominance in game distribution, now that it has a client for linux, a lot more games are being developed for it, and when i say games i don't mean picpuz! i mean things like these ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIe9T_VDWc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL4bllPZEdE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY8kz9fgde0

and all the games i've tried so far work on puppy

[linuxcbon]

Valve are porting many of their games to linux, so you won't need wine or windows anymore to play their games.
And, as a bonus, they are helping nvidia to improve their "closed source" drivers for linux.

[Amgine]

I have an Oblivion CD for Windows. Dose this mean I can play it now? I do see Oblivion on Steams List.

[666philb]

hi Amgine'

i think that's windows only at the moment ...

a friend did tell me though that you can import games that you own into steam, i haven't tried it though

[linuxcbon]

hi 666philb,
I would like to know how to make steam work the original script from http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/steam.deb
It cannot run with root account , so needs fido or spot, or some other modifications ?
It needs GTK-3, how to do without ? Also zenity ?
I also noticed problem with S3TC.
Thanks.

[666philb]

[linuxcbon]

Thanks for your feedback. I asked that to make it work even if they change their scripts.
Does it work with open-source or proprietary drivers ?
Didn't you have the S3TC problem ?
(I find steam games too heavy and their client too).

[666philb]

Hi linuxcbon

I think the S3TC issue is driver related and so installing your graphic drivers should fix it.

[bruiser]

I've installed the above pet, the devx, and even Zenity, but still get some error messages.
Steam tries to unpack the run-time, but gives a pop-up that reads: "You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libpulse.so.0"
The command