Have you ever had this weird problem with Steam?
It doesn't prevent me from playing games, it's just annoying. If I close any of the two instances, both are closed and if after that I start Steam again, it works just fine until the next system reboot.
Steam opens 2 instances of itself since the LTS kernel moved to version 6.6.x :: Steam for Linux General Discussions
For an unknown reason ever since the LTS kernel jumped from 6.1 to 6.6, Steam opens 2 instances of itself. The first instance which is the normal instance is the one with the GTK look. The second instance which appears 1 or 2 minutes I've started Steam, looks like Crapindows 98. Normal (GTK)...
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It doesn't prevent me from playing games, it's just annoying. If I close any of the two instances, both are closed and if after that I start Steam again, it works just fine until the next system reboot.