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HulaGirl86 拥有 Steam for Linux

9 月 13 日下午 5:24

Steam Linux Distro profile pages

This was an idea I posted in "Ideas and Suggestions" but no one cared so I wanted to ask you guys what you thought of this idea I had.

"I had an idea for Steam to continue growing Linux.

A portion of Steam where they host Linux Distros and allow the teams that work on the distros to get updates,explain the strengths and weaknesses of their Distro, and possibly accept donations either via selling items or gifted items like steam cards sold on the marketplace.

It wouldn't work like the rest of Steam as a Linux distro is not the same as downloading software.
This would be more like a profile page you could subscribe to for updates and have a steady trust worthy source for downloading a distro. It could also give a more active forum for feed back, for better or worse... mostly worse, on the steam forums.

The big advantage to this would be allowing for the Linux Distros with profile pages on Steam to sell items on the Steam Marketplace or even recieve items as a donation. Selling items like startups intros for steam deck, profile wallpapers, profile themes, even in game items to games willing to partner with distros. It would be a way for people to rep their support for their favorite distros and comodify the support rather than the Devs creating all these wonderful products and hoping someone hits the donation link or a large corporation throws money at them.

A secondary option would be allowing people to donate items like steam cards to them and allowing the Linux Distro team to sell the item, keep it in an escrow, and then cash out the sale. The only problem with this would be a completely different system for the linux devs selling items as currently items sold only convert to Steam credit and should only be allowed for those linux projects.

Due to the monitary incentives for having a Linux Distro able to receive money Steam would have to be selective on who they allow in the program to prevent people from whipping up joke versions of Linux then starting a Linux Distro profile, otherwise prepare for Justin Beiber Linux to start selling items.
Steam focusing on distros highly focused on gaming (Bazzite, Cachy, Nobara, ETC.)

Its a rough idea that might not work due to how some of payout systems work, issues with donating items and how that would work, Steam having to be actively involved and selective on who has access to the marketplace, and doesn't solve a problem or add anything other than another location to download a distro.
But I just thought it would be a cool idea to help further push support for Linux projects that help Steam users enjoy steam on Linux."

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[GNU] Debian ☭ 拥有 Steam for Linux

9 月 13 日下午 5:33

Your favorite Linux distro probably has a "donate" page or a link for you to donate for it, on its homepage...
Without 30% of the steam "fee"/tax xD

最后由 [GNU] Debian ☭ 编辑于; 9 月 13 日下午 5:34

HulaGirl86 拥有 Steam for Linux

9 月 13 日下午 5:38

引用自 GNU Debian ☭：
Your favorite Linux distro probably has a "donate" page or a link for you to donate for it, on its homepage...
Without 30% of the steam "fee"/tax xD

It does, but I have to use my money for that.
I don't have to pay anything to donate items for them to sell

DaMu

9 月 13 日下午 6:08

Support your distro directly. Don't go through Steam for that.

Soldar

9 月 14 日上午 12:49

Nice idea, but as per what others have said. Maybe your fav distros could create profile pics and other assets for you to display on your profile to promote their product from emojis etc that you traditionally buy with your steam points. They wouldn't get any payment but free marketing and in the end, support from a wider audience? Much the same as someone whom has a back drop on their profile showcasing their favourite game which in turn promotes that game? I've personally always donated when I can to my fav distro or open source projects directly on their home pages respectively

Kepos

9 月 14 日上午 3:14

Also do agree, this sounds like a great idea in first place. Unfortunately Linux isn't a homogeneous system but a bunch of competing ideas about how the best Linux distribution should be done. As former posters already mentioned, your idea may offend some of those distributors if they are not asked to participate in first place. Some of them are in direct opposition to Steam's position regarding gaming distribution.

Which distributions you planned to include? The major ones? Additionally their forks and also the free and unique ones? Some do only have a small development team...should they be mentioned same rank as the bigger ones? A lot of questions that should be taken into account.

However, generally the idea is still attractive. I'd suggest to do your homework, if you are really fully interested to see this idea get live one day. No one, except yourself would be that highly interested to see this idea grow. Do surveys about in different distribution forums, give your idea a remarkable brand name so you get noticed over all boundries, find willing participants, make the results openly accessed...probably on your website, then get Steam authorities on board and try to get things done.

最后由 Kepos 编辑于; 9 月 14 日上午 3:14

Xenophobe

9 月 14 日上午 8:56

Valve has been growing Linux gaming for years and finally succeeded putting Linux in the hands of millions of windows users with the Steam Deck (RIP Steam Machines). But as Kepos pointed out, the Linux ecosystem of distros is a complex collection of 'this is the way it should be' groups, be they a handful of devs or a corporately sponsored team of 100+ ... there are also those that see steam proton as a native port killer, and they have a valid point there (though I like being able to play made for windows games on proton personally, anything to aid ditching windows).

Let Valve continue to promote Linux gaming their way, it may be slower, but easing into it subtly can be more effective than a big campaign. If you shout many will ignore you, if you whisper most will strain to hear you.