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  • Linux Versus Windows Configuration System

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Wed Jan 7 21:29:07 2026
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    Interesting to compare how the Steam client runs on Linux versus Windows <https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsSucks/comments/1oqol0j/is_it_possible_to_have_the_steam_client_fully/>:

    On Linux, Steam installs, updates, and runs perfectly fine under a
    normal user account. No root needed, no registry magic, no
    background service. It just works.

    On Windows? You need admin rights to install it, a system-level
    service to update it, and registry entries to keep it happy.
    Without those, it still runsrCa but nags about missing keys and
    services like a wounded animal.

    ...

    Same software:
    * Fully user-space on Linux
    * Admin + service + registry mess on Windows

    Because heaven forbid a Windows user updates their own software
    without a system daemon and a registry blessing.
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  • From =?UTF-8?B?8J+HtfCfh7FKYWNlayBNYXJjaW4gSmF3b3Jza2nwn4e18J+HsQ==?=@jmj@energokod.gda.pl to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Wed Jan 7 22:50:17 2026
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    W dniu 7.01.2026 o-a22:29, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro pisze:
    On Linux, Steam installs, updates, and runs perfectly fine under a
    normal user account. No root needed, no registry magic, no
    background service. It just works.

    One question: Is it "Linux way" to install games in $HOME?
    If it works that way it is "shockingly stupid". I secured partitioned my SSD/NVME device and I have dedicated /opt partition for 3rd party
    software. This is "Linux/Unix way"!
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Thu Jan 8 00:05:09 2026
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    On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 22:50:17 +0100, Efc|Efc#Jacek Marcin JaworskiEfc|Efc# wrote:

    One question: Is it "Linux way" to install games in $HOME?
    If it works that way it is "shockingly stupid".

    ThatrCOs the place to put things specific to a particular user.
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  • From vallor@vallor@vallor.earth to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Thu Jan 8 03:45:47 2026
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    At Thu, 8 Jan 2026 00:05:09 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 22:50:17 +0100, Efc|Efc#Jacek Marcin JaworskiEfc|Efc# wrote:

    One question: Is it "Linux way" to install games in $HOME?
    If it works that way it is "shockingly stupid".

    ThatrCOs the place to put things specific to a particular user.

    Games are stored there by default, but you can tell Steam
    to store your games anywhere.

    I have mine on a different NVME drive to save space in /.
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