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I notice that the steam player is available for download on fossapup64.
My 8 year old son is kind of interested in steam and i was wondering if anyone has successfully got this up and running in fossapup.?
I don't want to just dive in and install if there are any issues to be known.

Thanks.

Yes, you can play a game using steam, just install & download your game if you want, you can download game for linux or play use proton for windows game & non steam game, i use to btw sorry im bad for speak english, this first time for me to speak english in forum mwehehehe

Do understand that Steam is a program for accessing the Steam web site and navigating around on it.
Basically a repository of software games and ways to download and install them.
If you search for free Linux games.
There are some you can download and install.
Games shown to work in Steam OS+Linux are ones that should work in Puppy Linux.

For Fossapup64 9.5

First do the Fossapup update by using the program Quickpet (icon on desktop) -> Info -> Fossapup update

Reboot making sure to update the Fossapup save so now using the changes.

Install Steam offered in Quickpet.

When you first run Steam.
It will most likely do an update.
That seems to happen about every time you start Steam. They are constantly tweaking it.
Carefully do anything that is required for the Steam update to complete.
At times it may look like nothing is being done. It can be slow and the progress indicators may not change.
Make sure the Fossapup save gets updated with the changes.

For Puppy Linux.
I find the older less demanding and complicated games work best.
But several factors can determine how a game will work.
Computer hardware abilities, dependency software needed, game minimum requirements, etc......
Usually the game listing will provide info.

xenial wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 11:05 am

and i was wondering if anyone has successfully got this up and running in fossapup.?

I am provided with games from Steam and GOG by local pirates. Therefore, I do not use an official client.

However, I think everything is fine there. The program is developed and maintained by Valve.
Besides, Phil probably tested it before putting it in Quickpet

In general, one day it is necessary to implement three projects in Puppy (related to Steam):
1. Luxtorpeda.
2. Steam Tinker Launch.
3. GameHub (Tolya (author) from Simferopol, which is in the Crimea, now it is Russia. If you have prejudices, principles and other nonsense... then it's better not to use it )

I ran all three using Conty. But I prefer "manually".

Thank you grey..
Much appreciated information and i shall keep you informed on my progress and sorry for small reply as you put so much effort into your replies.