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com.discordapp.Discord com.valvesoftware.Steam
67 159
112 327
5.4% 2.4%
7.7 8.0
2 days ago 11 days ago
Python Python
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com.discordapp.Discord

Posts with mentions or reviews of com.discordapp.Discord. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-16.

com.valvesoftware.Steam

Posts with mentions or reviews of com.valvesoftware.Steam. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-26.
  • Steam issues after update on Fedora?
    2 projects | /r/Fedora | 26 Jun 2023
  • Fedora Linux 38 released!
    4 projects | /r/Fedora | 18 Apr 2023
    Here's the actual thread in case you're interested.
  • Why the native port of "Life Is Strage: Before The Storm" doesn't work on Linux, and how to 'fix' it
    2 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 25 Mar 2023
  • [Fedora] Steam client closes a few seconds after opening without returning an error
    2 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 28 Feb 2023
    [username@fedora ~]$ flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam INFO:root:https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/wiki INFO:root:Will set XDG dirs prefix to /home/username/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam DEBUG:root:Checking input devices permissions WARNING:root:Missing permissions for input devices INFO:root:Overriding TZ to Europe/Ljubljana steam.sh[2]: Running Steam on org.freedesktop.platform 22.08 64-bit steam.sh[2]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically setup.sh[77]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date! steam.sh[2]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Startup - updater built Feb 14 2023 00:47:09 [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/username/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/ .local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-no-cef-sandbox' Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/username/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.loca l/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin) [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal [2023-02-28 19:04:07] 1. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1000 , source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' [2023-02-28 19:04:07] 2. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' [2023-02-28 19:04:07] 3. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in' [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Checking for update on startup [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Checking for available updates... [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12 [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Manifest download: send request [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Manifest download: finished [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1676336721, installed version 167633672 1, existing pending version 0 [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Nothing to do [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Verifying installation... [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Performing checksum verification of executable files [2023-02-28 19:04:08] Verification complete Loaded SDL version 3.0.0-765-gc4db0725e XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf410f8f0 XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf410e1c0 GetWin32Stats: display was not open yet, good ComputeStartupMode: found registry default startup mode: 0steamwebhelper.sh[153]: Runtime for steamwebhelper: defaulting to /home/username/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-he avy steamwebhelper.sh[153]: Running under Flatpak, disabling sandbox steamwebhelper.sh[153]: CEF sandbox already disabled CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 17 milliseconds to initialize Failed to init SteamVR because it isn't installed
    2 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 28 Feb 2023
    [username@fedora ~]$ flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam INFO:root:https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/wiki INFO:root:Will set XDG dirs prefix to /home/username/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam DEBUG:root:Checking input devices permissions WARNING:root:Missing permissions for input devices INFO:root:Overriding TZ to Europe/Ljubljana steam.sh[2]: Running Steam on org.freedesktop.platform 22.08 64-bit steam.sh[2]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically setup.sh[77]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date! steam.sh[2]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Startup - updater built Feb 14 2023 00:47:09 [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/username/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-no-cef-sandbox' Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/username/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin) [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal [2023-02-28 19:04:07] 1. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1000, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' [2023-02-28 19:04:07] 2. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' [2023-02-28 19:04:07] 3. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in' [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Checking for update on startup [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Checking for available updates... [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam\_client\_ubuntu12 [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Manifest download: send request [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Manifest download: finished [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1676336721, installed version 1676336721, existing pending version 0 [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Nothing to do [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Verifying installation... [2023-02-28 19:04:07] Performing checksum verification of executable files [2023-02-28 19:04:08] Verification complete Loaded SDL version 3.0.0-765-gc4db0725e XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf410f8f0 XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf410e1c0 GetWin32Stats: display was not open yet, good ComputeStartupMode: found registry default startup mode: 0steamwebhelper.sh[153]: Runtime for steamwebhelper: defaulting to /home/username/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-heavy steamwebhelper.sh[153]: Running under Flatpak, disabling sandbox steamwebhelper.sh[153]: CEF sandbox already disabled CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 17 milliseconds to initialize Failed to init SteamVR because it isn't installed (steam:149): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:04:18.860: gtk_disable_setlocale() must be called before gtk_init() local (potentially out of sync) copy of roaming config loaded - 236 bytes. roaming config store loaded successfully - 236 bytes. migrating temporary roaming config store BRefreshApplicationsInLibrary 1: 0ms GetWin32Stats: restoring previous glx context ExecCommandLine: "'/home/username/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-no-cef-sandbox'" System startup time: 13.72 seconds BuildCompleteAppOverviewChange: 159 apps RegisterForAppOverview 1: 1ms RegisterForAppOverview 2: 1ms
  • [Question] I have Steam installed on my Linux PC via Flatpak. When I install a game, Flatpak Steam doesn't create a functioning desktop shortcut, nor does it create a functioning system application icon. Any ideas as to why this Steam feature isn't working?
    2 projects | /r/flatpak | 24 Feb 2023
    See https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/issues/85
  • [Steam Flatpak] Unable to Login to Steam - Blank login screen
    3 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 23 Feb 2023
    I've filled an issue on the Flathub repo & Valve's Upstream repo.
  • Can't install games with Steam
    3 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 21 Feb 2023
    Your OS and specs are almost identical to mine. I think I ultimately got Steam to work by installing it from Flathub. https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.valvesoftware.Steam
  • Elden Ring EAC isn't working
    3 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 2 Feb 2023
    Try flatpak steam. See this.
  • Next step for a Windows 10 user?
    6 projects | /r/linux | 25 Jan 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing com.discordapp.Discord and com.valvesoftware.Steam you can also consider the following projects:

steam-devices - List of devices Steam and SteamVR will want read/write permissions on, to help downstream distributions create udev rules/etc

flatpak - Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework

flatpak-wine - wine using flatpak (build with runtime freedesktop sdk 22.08), provides wine to Centos like distros (https://flatpak.org/setup/)

nonguix

LinuxGSM - The command-line tool for quick, simple deployment and management of Linux dedicated game servers.

mesa - Mesa 3D graphics library (read-only mirror of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/)

protontricks - A wrapper that does winetricks things for Proton enabled games, requires Winetricks.

fosscord - 📬 Spacebar is a free open source selfhostable discord compatible communication platform [Moved to: https://github.com/spacebarchat/spacebarchat]

antimicrox - Graphical program used to map keyboard buttons and mouse controls to a gamepad. Useful for playing games with no gamepad support.

qubes-issues - The Qubes OS Project issue tracker

opi - OBS Package Installer (CLI)