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Arch: Flatpak of Snap for Steam? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by SillyJester@lemmygrad.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am deadset on not having 32bit libraries outside of a sandbox on my PC. I'm supposed to get a refund on all faulty PC parts I had so I ordered new ones and once they arrive, I will have a fresh system. I used flatpak Steam on my current system and it had no access to my download folder which I found slightly irritating. What would be better on Arch for Steam only: Snap or Flatpak? I am now partial to trying Snap but I figured I'll ask in case anyone has any great/terrible experiences to share. c:

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I run the Flatpak variant and I am super happy that it only has very limited access to my system.

I do not trust them since this happened some years ago:

https://news.softpedia.com/news/Steam-for-Linux-Can-Delete-Home-Folder-with-rm-rf-470247.shtml

You can always override paths in Flatpak to point to specific host locations.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1086529/how-to-give-a-flatpak-app-access-to-a-directory

Doesn’t worth the potential data loss or other weird issues in my opinion.

You can access all Steam “payload” in the app directory anyways.

${HOME}/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam

And your game data is in ....../userdata/YOUR_STEAM_ID