Libre Steam

[disappointed_lesbian]

Last night I installed the Linux distro PureOS in a VM. I'm used to Arch-based distros, and Debian's package manager gets on my nerves, so I wasn't overjoyed about this choice, but I wasn't planning to use it for much more than gaming. I'm trying to set up a gaming situation that is somewhat more secure than Windows with Steam. I read that Steam works on Debian, and PureOS is based on Debian, plus PureOS is certified by the FSF as a libre distro, plus Debian has gotten shadier lately. Some sort of Debian board reportedly voted to include non-free firmware in their main repo or something (they used to keep it in the non-free repo).

So after wasting hours today wrestling with PureOS' default DE (gnome) to get my custom keyboard layout recognized (because typing anything is a pain without it), I decided to just switch to LXDE, and the layout issue is resolved for now, plus I have more RAM to dedicate to vidya games. I don't know why PureOS forces a DE on users. Maybe the devs are trying to make it noob-friendly. I'm used to setting shit up from scratch on Arch-based distros now. It was nice to not have to go through all that on a new installation, but I felt constricted with a DE chosen for me.

So now the problem is that Steam (or at least the version I got from Debian's website) requires i386 libraries, but PureOS is a 64-bit only distro. I don't know whether that's get-aroundable, but I'm thinking it's not.

Given all the time I've spent setting up shit and fixing shit in Linux distros, it's a pity I'm not getting paid for it.

Today was another rough day. I managed to workout, study some Czech, take out the trash and recycling (both of which were long overdue), and take a quick trip out of town for a magical food called peanut butter powder. It's powdered roasted peanuts with most of the fat removed and salt and sugar added. Excellent for weight loss, it's kind of a low-budget second protein powder.