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PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop" (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

TBH that sounds more like a Debian issue than a Steam issue ... though I guess the difference doesn't matter for an end user. Did you install Steam through the .deb or the flathub flatpak? Might want to try the other one.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago

Also, what DE, because Gnome doesn't like Desktop icons.