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Issue tracking for the Steam for Linux beta client

71 mentions on Hacker News by 63 people: 8 stories, 63 comments · first 2012-12-20 · latest 2026-04-16

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  1. …systems support. Steam has this issue, clat works around it while still using a ipv6-only net. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3372...
    comment by preisschild · 2026-04-16 · in IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark
  2. …pc. I mostly play Overwatch 2 with friends on my very short free time, thanks to a Steam bug ( https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1028... ), on every single evening I had to wait forever (seriously, 15+ min) for…
    comment by andreldm · 2025-11-02 · in Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark
  3. …the performance. That’s been plaguing many users for years and surprisingly Valve hasn’t fixed it: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1028...
    comment by andreldm · 2025-06-26 · in Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds
  4. …Steam Chat appears to make the issue worse (it happens earlier). This has been documented under https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9094 but for some reason that issue has been closed. I personally just restart Steam…
    comment by Pannoniae · 2024-11-11 · in Improving Steam Client Stability on Linux
  5. It happens to the best of us https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by teroshan · 2024-09-13 · in Techniques I use to create a great user experience for shell scripts
  6. …me they're "working on" a bash script. Steam deleted my entire system (empty variable expansion): https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 Bumblebee deletes /usr due to space: https://www.reddit.com/r/softwaregore/commen…
    comment by atomicnumber3 · 2024-07-27 · in Bashsimplecurses: Simple curses library made in bash to draw terminal interfaces
  7. …situation reminds me of the Steam uninstaller, where a single space had some remarkable results. https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by SushiHippie · 2024-03-20 · in Hacked – Installed a global KDE Plasma theme – it erased all my drives
  8. …will destroy your data. It is otherwise a valid line of code. This is not a theoretical problem: https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by dharmab · 2023-08-27 · in Moderation Strike: Results of Negotiations
  9. …an issue saying "all working here." In my experience, the only issue I have on Wayland is this: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/7245 (workaround: disable animated avatars) (edit: all AMD machine) > outside of Steam…
    comment by zamalek · 2023-04-24 · in Fedora 38 LLVM vs. Team Fortress 2
  10. …Steam inside a container? Because there's no way I'll trust it on my actual filesystem after https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 )
    comment by Arnavion · 2023-02-03 · in Wine 8.1
  11. …https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/commi... >rm -rf "$STEAMROOT/"* https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 It's just too easy to shoot your foot.
    comment by plainnoodles · 2022-08-10 · in Ask HN: What are the best tools for web scraping in 2022?
  12. …yet, please always use https://www.shellcheck.net/ on your scripts, you don't want to be That Guy https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by unhammer · 2022-06-19 · in Type-ish – A runtime type checker for bash, in bash
  13. …will happily proceed until it halts, and leave you in a half baked state just like bash does. [0] https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by maccard · 2022-05-19 · in Rust: A Critical Retrospective
  14. to be fair, steam is not above wiping your disk in similar scenarios: https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by gpderetta · 2022-02-23 · in Sunsetting the Bethesda.net launcher and migrating to Steam
  15. …that I would suggest for Windows-only software as well. Valve has been using GitHub for this: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux
    comment by account42 · 2022-02-08 · in Thank You, Valve
  16. A more topical example: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by account42 · 2022-02-07 · in Thank You, Valve
  17. …happily drop 32bit games support for that. And people who want 32bit games pick the 32bit client. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/179#... "Please provide a 64-bit Steam package, so that those of us on 64-bit distros…
    comment by erwincoumans · 2022-02-07 · in Thank You, Valve
  18. It’s this issue: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5778
    comment by mirker · 2021-12-23 · in Linux Has Grown into a Viable PC Gaming Platform and the Steam Stats Prove It
  19. …next resumed from suspend. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/ocuqtm/can_i_... [2] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5778
    comment by michaelt · 2021-08-02 · in Steam survey shows Linux marketshare hitting 1.0%
  20. …you overcome those and learn how the Linux ecosystem works, you can use it to your advantage. [0] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues [1] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime [2] http://libsdl.org/ [3]…
    comment by account42 · 2021-06-25 · in Developing Games on Linux: An Interview with Little Red Dog Games
  21. …partially execute an incomplete script; and (C) the recurring prevalence of high-profile bugs like https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 You can mitigate (B) by wrapping the whole script in a function, and you can…
    comment by mappu · 2021-05-26 · in Using CMake and Managing Dependencies
  22. …with userns support so it would require me to give the Docker container more privileges. [1]: https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by Arnavion · 2021-03-05 · in Valve's Proton Has Enabled 7000 Windows Games on Linux
  23. …to render the main content, and it actually looks like it's using GTK2 to render the window. See https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4924... .
    comment by MetaDark · 2021-03-04 · in Electron 12 released with Wayland support
  24. …meet a minimum quality level. Example oopses from valve (but really, most vendors have theirs): https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 https://amonitoring.ru/article/steamclient-0day/
    comment by MayeulC · 2020-11-16 · in Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
  25. …I believe is from the Steam Linux client [0]. Which is...ironically part of the Steam binary. [0]: https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by mattrick · 2020-11-06 · in Managing my personnal servers in 2020 with K3s
  26. Valve did exactly that in Steam for Linux at some point. [0] [0] https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by account42 · 2020-10-02 · in Suicide Linux (2009)
  27. …to implement malware on Linux (e.g. here’s Valve accidentally deleting people’s home directory https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 ). Windows, and increasingly Android, suffers from viruses because they’re valuable…
    comment by abc-xyz · 2020-08-28 · in Why I’m Willing to Pay a Premium for Security, Privacy, and Peace of Mind
  28. …(This reminds me of that time that Steam on Linux ate every last user file on the system whole. https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 )
    comment by Reelin · 2020-08-21 · in Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Adobe says not recoverable
  29. …scripts removing substantial parts of your system, steam for example. Linux in this case https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 , but not generally unthinkable on MacOS. It's generally good if the system puts up…
    comment by Xylakant · 2020-06-23 · in What’s New in macOS Big Sur: Human Interface Guidelines
  30. …analogous to specifying folder names yourself, but the infamous Steam deletion bug comes to mind. ( https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 ) Caused by a failure to use readlink (plus not sanity checking variable…
    comment by Reelin · 2020-05-14 · in Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root on macOS Silently
  31. …client had a very similar issue a few years ago where in certain configurations it would delete / https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by maxyme · 2020-05-03 · in I shipped a word processor that formatted the hard drive every 1024 saves
  32. These are great. Steam Linux's universal rm is too. https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 Featuring probably the most unflappable human in the history of time as a bug reporter. One day I hope to have the fortitude…
    comment by renewiltord · 2020-05-02 · in I shipped a word processor that formatted the hard drive every 1024 saves
  33. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by ht85 · 2020-04-29 · in VS Code was lost on shutdown with pending update (2018)
  34. OBS works. Steam also has broadcasting, but it is currently broken in the stable linux release: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5275
    comment by captn3m0 · 2020-04-20 · in Valve's Proton Has Brought 6000 Windows Games to Linux So Far
  35. …being discussed on Github, but not necessarily addressed, as it's probably very hard to triage. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/6749...
    comment by throwaway77384 · 2020-04-20 · in Valve's Proton Has Brought 6000 Windows Games to Linux So Far
  36. …Just because it's on Github has no bearing on what kind of software it is. Take this, for example: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux On Github - yes Free/open source - no Source available - no Being ignorant of the taxonomy…
    comment by Sir_Cmpwn · 2019-10-08 · in N8n.io – Workflow automation alternative to Zapier
  37. …it would wipe your hard drive by running "rm -rf "$STEAMROOT/"*" with $STEAMROOT being null. [1] https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671...
    comment by michaelt · 2019-09-24 · in Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non SIP Macs causing k-panic
  38. …is disabled for the entirety of kiss: I would have disabled it on a per-occurence basis. [0] https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 PS: the most secure open-source OS out there has a package manager written in perl,…
    comment by moviuro · 2019-09-20 · in Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”
  39. Let's try to avoid using a hammer on anything that resembles a nail: https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by michaelmcmillan · 2019-07-07 · in How to write idempotent Bash scripts
  40. …require holding their hand through basic Linux box administration. Yeah, customers can be so dumb. https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 rm -rf "$STEAMROOT/"* Now, don't get me wrong. I have a dedicated win10…
    comment by johnchristopher · 2019-05-01 · in After suggesting a developer drop Linux support, Vivox have released a statement
  41. Issue here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5638 Haven't tried this myself but may be of help: https://github.com/Holston5/Native2Proton
    comment by bdefore · 2018-10-29 · in With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work on Linux
  42. This is the corresponding github issue, open since 2012: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/74 :) At some point during the beta of the Steam client for Linux, there was a bug in that you could install Windows games on…
    comment by filmor · 2018-08-22 · in Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows Games on Linux
  43. Valve did the same thing when they first brought steam to Linux. https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/17/scary_code_of_the_w... (article) I can imagine myself doing the same…
    comment by buttscicles · 2017-10-09 · in Reverse Engineering MacOS High Sierra Supplemental Update
  44. At least they've stopped running "rm -rf /" on user machines ( https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 ). So it's a step in the right direction.
    comment by bit48 · 2017-09-21 · in Steam Inventory Helper Now Requesting EVERY SINGLE HTTP Request
  45. I believe in the value of this project, OP (lihaoyi). Your example of https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 and rm -rf "$STEAMROOT/"* erasing everything when $STEAMROOT is a blank string are spot on. I remember…
    comment by vijucat · 2017-05-26 · in Ammonite: Scala Scripting
  46. …has been around for years now without any action being taken to resolve it, a little frustrating): https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3492
    comment by Hydraulix989 · 2017-04-17 · in Nvidia's Hackintosh Support Is an Insurgency Against Apple's Computers
  47. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671
    comment by taspeotis · 2017-02-02 · in Ask HN: We've all been there, what was your big stuff up?
  48. …more worried about the game doing something accidentally bad to my system than deliberate hacking: https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 By the time serious hacking is an issue through Steam, I'd expect containers…
    comment by jerf · 2016-08-07 · in Steam in Docker
  49. …kernel implementation of cgroups, naming spaces. But it would still help in preventing such bugs as https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8896186
    comment by arno1 · 2016-08-07 · in Steam in Docker
  50. Bug: https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8896186 I regularly reference the # scary! comment at work.
    comment by _asummers · 2016-08-07 · in Steam in Docker