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I am starting to feel frustrated at how dumb I am because I cannot figure out how anything works. I looked up "linux forums", found this and now I am posting here. I have a Lenovo chromebook and I set up the linux development environment on it through the settings. I want to play a Windows game on it so I looked up how to and came across a few web pages saying to download "wine is not an emulator". I do that, then I download Steam in the "Linux files", which actually downloads the steam installer. Anyways I run it, apparently successfully, using wine, and install Steam in the folder it chooses, not knowing where to install it. Then I try running it with wine and it looks like it works at first, but then it is just a black window. I repeated the procedure, ran a few commands to update everything, but nothing improved. I have been copy pasting commands into the terminal for as long as I have used Linux because I have no idea how anything works. Anyways I just wanna run Steam and play games so can someone help please? I will give any information I can.
 


G'day and welcome to linux.org @Raffaele

I am moving this to our Linux Gaming section and someone will likely come along to help.

Let them know what Linux distribution you are using and allow for holidays and timezones.

Good luck.

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
 
When we don't know things that doesn't mean that we are dumb.
Not knowing just means that you need to get some knowledge and with the knowledge you obtain wisdom.

It's been my experience that Linux operating systems do not run well on Chromebooks.

Is the Chromebook the only pc that you have?

Installing Linux on a Chromebook can be done, look here:

 
Installing Games on Linux

In short you can install the Linux version of Steam through your packagemanager. If you are running Ubuntu or something Deb based that will be.
Code:
sudo apt install steam
Or you can install it through the Software store, then launch Steam, in the menu go to Steam -> Settings -> Steam Play. There you can select/check "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" Click OK and restart system. After that you will be able to run Windows games on Steam. Not all games work using Steam Play mostly because of some form of Anti-Cheat so be sure to look them up in ProtonDB and for games that aren't on Steam you can use Lutris, there are plenty of guides on Youtube explaining how to setup either Steam Play and Lutris.
 
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When we don't know things that doesn't mean that we are dumb.
Not knowing just means that you need to get some knowledge and with the knowledge you obtain wisdom.

It's been my experience that Linux operating systems do not run well on Chromebooks.

Is the Chromebook the only pc that you have?

Installing Linux on a Chromebook can be done, look here:

Yeah I only have a Chromebook. Anyways Linux is already installed but I'll check out the guide later just in case. Ty
 
G'day and welcome to linux.org @Raffaele

I am moving this to our Linux Gaming section and someone will likely come along to help.

Let them know what Linux distribution you are using and allow for holidays and timezones.

Good luck.

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
Installing Games on Linux

In short you can install the Linux version of Steam through your packagemanager. If you are running Ubuntu or something Deb based that will be.
Code:
sudo apt install steam
Or you can install it through the Software store, then launch Steam, in the menu go to Steam -> Settings -> Steam Play. There you can select/check "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" Click OK and restart system. After that you will be able to run Windows games on Steam. Not all games work using Steam Play mostly because of some form of Anti-Cheat so be sure to look them up in ProtonDB and for games that aren't on Steam you can use Lutris, there are plenty of guides on Youtube explaining how to setup either Steam Play and Lutris.
It just hit me how blind I was this whole time, trying to download windows stuff when I could just download the Linux versions. Thank you
 
I am starting to feel frustrated at how dumb I am because I cannot figure out how anything works.
This does not make you dumb, just inexperienced,
if new to Linux you will be on a learning curve, how steep you make it is up to you, we have all been newbies at one time, so don't panic, I am sure our gaming members will be happy to guide you.
 
This does not make you dumb, just inexperienced,
if new to Linux you will be on a learning curve, how steep you make it is up to you, we have all been newbies at one time, so don't panic, I am sure our gaming members will be happy to guide you.
thank you, how do i know my distribution and build number?
 
Installing Games on Linux

In short you can install the Linux version of Steam through your packagemanager. If you are running Ubuntu or something Deb based that will be.
Code:
sudo apt install steam
Or you can install it through the Software store, then launch Steam, in the menu go to Steam -> Settings -> Steam Play. There you can select/check "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" Click OK and restart system. After that you will be able to run Windows games on Steam. Not all games work using Steam Play mostly because of some form of Anti-Cheat so be sure to look them up in ProtonDB and for games that aren't on Steam you can use Lutris, there are plenty of guides on Youtube explaining how to setup either Steam Play and Lutris.
sudo apt install steam does not work, it says unable to locate package steam
 
Installing Games on Linux

In short you can install the Linux version of Steam through your packagemanager. If you are running Ubuntu or something Deb based that will be.
Code:
sudo apt install steam
Or you can install it through the Software store, then launch Steam, in the menu go to Steam -> Settings -> Steam Play. There you can select/check "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" Click OK and restart system. After that you will be able to run Windows games on Steam. Not all games work using Steam Play mostly because of some form of Anti-Cheat so be sure to look them up in ProtonDB and for games that aren't on Steam you can use Lutris, there are plenty of guides on Youtube explaining how to setup either Steam Play and Lutris.
what is the software store?
 
if you have Linux installed any of the following terminal commands

cat /etc/*-release
or
lsb_release -a

or my favourite
inxi -S

These are Linux commands and will nor work for Google or Microsoft for those you will need to look into the system information files
 
thank you, how do i know my distribution and build number?
I believe you're not running Linux natively on your chromebook. According to this,


You are using Debian 10 Buster which is a Linux distribution not tailored for beginners.
Any particular reason why you are trying to install Steam on Linux environment?
Steam is available for chromebooks but it's still in Alpha state. (Alpha state means the software is still in the unstable, testing period.)


But I think rather than installing Steam on the Linux Environment, it is better to install it on Chrome OS which is not an easy task.

 
I believe you're not running Linux natively on your chromebook. According to this,


You are using Debian 10 Buster which is a Linux distribution not tailored for beginners.
Any particular reason why you are trying to install Steam on Linux environment?
Steam is available for chromebooks but it's still in Alpha state. (Alpha state means the software is still in the unstable, testing period.)


But I think rather than installing Steam on the Linux Environment, it is better to install it on Chrome OS which is not an easy task.

I installed steam now. I didnt know it was on chromebooks so i used linux
 
if you have Linux installed any of the following terminal commands

cat /etc/*-release
or
lsb_release -a

or my favourite
inxi -S

These are Linux commands and will nor work for Google or Microsoft for those you will need to look into the system information files
what? I do not understand what you are trying to say
 
If you are using Linux you will have a terminal, it is usually found in the task bar and often is a black box with $_ in it or sometimes a letter T. click on it to open
 
If you are using Linux you will have a terminal, it is usually found in the task bar and often is a black box with $_ in it or sometimes a letter T. click on it to open
ok and then what are the commands you wrote use for?
 
hey everyone i got steam and installed a game and got it to run but it is extremely buggy, and crashes
 
ok and then what are the commands you wrote use for?
you asked
thank you, how do i know my distribution and build number?
 
I installed steam now. I didnt know it was on chromebooks so i used linux
Very well. To help you further, we will need your system specifications. You can try what @Alexzee posted.
Or assuming you have Google Chrome browser installed on your chromeos setup, you can type chrome://system and enter in the URL bar to view system specs of your device. Paste what you see on that page here.
As I mentioned earlier, Steam for Chrome OS is still in Alpha state, so don't expect a full performance.
 

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