DMGrier
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Thanks Unholyvision for your response. I reassure you that I am in no way trying to troll you or this post. I read my original post to the OP and it was actually sound advice. I explained to the OP to try and install an officially maintained PPA and get the latest proprietary video drivers for there card as for a newbie this would have been the easiest option on Linux Mint. Also trying to correct the misconception from the OP that Valve is working on a steam client when one has been available for years. I can admit I did not take kindly to you initially quoting and reading too far into my driver statement which is what prompted my rebuttal. My point on the driver subject was when people new to Linux look at how to get drivers for Linux especially in the Ubuntu based distro's "Why is the latest Nvidia drivers not showing in the driver manager?". This is one I have had to answer to many times on other forums.
On the note of me pointing out my Linux Sysadmin status to you was not an authority play. More or less to try and show you that I am not just blowing smoke here, been a long time Linux user on here and get paid to do it. There is a problem in the community of people who give bad advice as they don't have any real experience with the system and my goal was to show that I am not one of those.
Also if you read the CoC in no way has our debate actually violated it. We in the process of our debate have not insulted anyone, their beliefs or any entity. Calling something as it is a pile of crap (Xorg) still does not violate the new CoC. I would also at some point like to know your thoughts on the new CoC. Not here as I feel we hijacked this thread enough but personally a little worried about what will come of it when you look at how code is owned in GPLv2, as good as the new CoC is it can have a negative effect for those who rely on the kernel.
To the OP.
I recommend installing the proprietary nvidia drivers on your machine. I don't know if I would go as far as to say the open source ones are crap but I will say I have never had good luck with them. For Linux Mint I would suggest the easiest way is to use the officially maintained PPA. I am not a fan of PPA's unless they are maintained by the official project, so in this case you should be fine. You should have the proprietary ones available to you in your driver manager, they will be older but will still work. If you need help with this let us know as I am sure myself or Unholyvision would love to help you with that.
For making steam work. Simply open your Linux Mint software center and search for steam and install the official package. You can also open a terminal and type sudo apt install steam. You don't have "to get it working". It is natively supported.
On the note of me pointing out my Linux Sysadmin status to you was not an authority play. More or less to try and show you that I am not just blowing smoke here, been a long time Linux user on here and get paid to do it. There is a problem in the community of people who give bad advice as they don't have any real experience with the system and my goal was to show that I am not one of those.
Also if you read the CoC in no way has our debate actually violated it. We in the process of our debate have not insulted anyone, their beliefs or any entity. Calling something as it is a pile of crap (Xorg) still does not violate the new CoC. I would also at some point like to know your thoughts on the new CoC. Not here as I feel we hijacked this thread enough but personally a little worried about what will come of it when you look at how code is owned in GPLv2, as good as the new CoC is it can have a negative effect for those who rely on the kernel.
To the OP.
I recommend installing the proprietary nvidia drivers on your machine. I don't know if I would go as far as to say the open source ones are crap but I will say I have never had good luck with them. For Linux Mint I would suggest the easiest way is to use the officially maintained PPA. I am not a fan of PPA's unless they are maintained by the official project, so in this case you should be fine. You should have the proprietary ones available to you in your driver manager, they will be older but will still work. If you need help with this let us know as I am sure myself or Unholyvision would love to help you with that.
For making steam work. Simply open your Linux Mint software center and search for steam and install the official package. You can also open a terminal and type sudo apt install steam. You don't have "to get it working". It is natively supported.