Thanks @black3dynamite .... before I saw that I tried a fresh install (over the top of the old one) and that fixed it for me.

I went to MicroCenter tonight and was looking at laptops. I had a salesperson ask what I was looking for. I got a strange look when I said I wanted W10 Home cause it would get wiped anyway. I don't think she thought I was serious.

It is also a free trial weekend for the game on Steam, for anyone wanting to fire it up and see what they think.

Stuff on Wine rarely runs as well, it's the native stuff that really works.

@Dashrender said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox: @gjacobse said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox: @Dashrender Ugh Powershell - Don't even. If I can avoid using it I do.. The reality is that us Windows Admins need to stop avoiding it. sigh agreed... but I protest... Hey, getting me to use the Linux CLI is a step forward,.. I know (a few of) the commands now,.. while I just may no recall the context. I was able to find the mount that was at 100% usage yesterday using df -h... so that is a move forward..

Yeah I just tried and am at able to sign into my steam account. Testing a few games now.

@DustinB3403 said in Steam Autumn Sale is On: I considered getting Civ V pack for the $13, but meh.... is it worth it...? I have an embarrassingly large number of hours logged. I'm not sure how it compares to my Civ IV hours since I played that mostly pre-Steam. The game itself is good, but where it really shines is with mods.

@Grey said in Steam summer sale 2016: June 23 - July 4: @scottalanmiller I was laid off a couple weeks ago so no new games until I get a new source of income. I hope you got some good ones that I can play with you later in co-op, maybe Portal 2, for example? I do have Portal 2 but have never played it. Without a mouse I can't finish Portal 1

@Nic said in GOG Connect Has Released: Connect GOG to Steam: @scottalanmiller no, on Steam. But you'd figure more than a dozen would match up. Oh okay. I'm like 1,400 on Steam and 300 on GOG and only maybe a dozen matched up.

I have a couple of games that I can play on an old Lappy running Xubuntu. With my growing distaste for the way that Windows and Microsoft work, it is good to know that if at any stage it all gets too much, I can still play games that others play.

@coliver said: I haven't tried this.... In Big Picture mode go to Settings, Controller, Add a Controller. Press and hold X then press the Steam button. (Keep holding X). It will then give you a 4 button sequence to key in. Done. Not sure if that will kick the other controller off or not. This worked, thanks!

@scottalanmiller said: I believe that they already did. That's good! I haven't been following gaming news for awhile.

@dafyre said: Also, what happens if you right click on the game shortcut and tell it to run with the NVIDIA Graphics card? Nothing. It acts like it will, but once MW fires up, it goes to the Intel HD device instead.

Yeah steam offered me 2FA, I haven't gotten around to it, but should. I think the bigger concern (from steam) is the threat of someone getting into your account, and gifting a ton of expensive games. Obviously this would be traceable, but difficult to prove that "You" didn't gift those items.

@Reid-Cooper said: Maybe the more meaningful question is.... which games can't be run on it? Minecraft. It isn't powerful enough to run Minecraft.

This is the file that I needed: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/download/82734

Full Details: November 5, 2015 - Steam Client Update Released General Improved startup times for users with a large number of games Added a "Update News" option to the view menu so you can go back to past offers and view their details Changed controller Steam/Xbox button behavior to fix a collision with the hold-down-for-4-seconds method of turning off the controller: Old behavior: Hold down 3 seconds to launch Big Picture (or single press if you were in desktop Steam). New behavior: Pressing once will change focus to Steam if it doesn't have focus. If it has focus, pressing once will launch Big Picture. Fixed the friends dialog sometimes dismissing if your network connection dropped and reconnected Fixed play button for non-Steam games showing "Preload" in some cases Fixed a possible crash when running a badly-formed steam:// URL Big Picture Improved hover behavior when using the mouse to navigate Significantly improved performance in the Library area for users with a large number of games Updated status bar look at the top of the main menu Reorganized the Settings section and fixed several issues with individual pages Web browser shows hand cursor when hovering over web link Added support for multiple game library folders Added support for picking your default install library for Games Improved performance when rendering large amounts of text Fixed Steam overlay flickering when using multiple NVIDIA GPUs in SLI configuration Fixed bad on-screen positioning of Big Picture mode after running games that change display settings Fixed unexpected switch out of Big Picture mode when displaying content validation messages Fixed getting stuck in the Library screenshot viewer if you used the guide button Fixed web pages being partially transparent when moving Fixed rare crash when navigating through large lists Fixed crash when using daisy wheel in the Web browser Fixed mouse wheel not working when hovering the right grid in the Library Fixed "New For You" items not activating when selected Fixed in-game crash when using the Daisy Wheel keyboard Fixed buttons mis-firing on the Steam Controller right after leaving a game Fixed view CD key button in the overlay being styled incorrectly Fixed getting stuck in the overlay if you backed out of certain panels before they fully loaded Fixed focus going to the wrong place if you deleted the last game from the Disk Management page under settings Steam Controller Added a new trackpad mode, Mouse Joystick. This is an alternate way of emulating mouse-style controls for games that disable mouse input when using a gamepad. For best results, we recommend increasing the gamepad camera sensitivity/speed in the game settings. Added a new trackpad mode, Touch Menu. This mode is useful to bind many infrequently-used hotkeys to a single trackpad. The Big Picture in-game overlay has to be enabled for this feature to work. Added support for custom controller configurations for Desktop mode Added option to turn off steam controller when leaving Big Picture mode. Additional work to prevent noise and drift for the gyro when in a steady state. Calibration will refine when left idle for five seconds if current configuration uses Gyro. If drift is severe, leave idle for 15 seconds for repeated refinements. Note that "always on" is not required for auto-calibration, it happens regardless of button activation. Made trigger soft and full pull mode-shift and gyro-enable capable buttons Added the ability to mode shift triggers Mouse Rotation horizon line visualization is now shown/hidden when adjusted Added Trigger Mouse Dampening. Squeezing the trigger can now engage a dampening factor to the mouse mode. Added Joystick Camera option to Gyro. Added Invert Horizontal and Invert Vertical to mouse/joystick modes. Added options to configure the suggestion modes of the dualtouch keyboard Added Legacy configuration option for games with In Game Actions, allowing users to access advanced settings. Mouse Rotation now visualized as a horizon line when changing the slider. Gyro Enable Button is now visible in the gyro preferences. Added support for keyboard/mouse emulation on Mac Fixed a client crash when running a game with an invalid official controller configuration Fixed some "gyro enable button" options not applying properly Fixed bugs preventing controllers from showing up under settings when using a Steam Link Fixed properly showing binding descriptions for games that have an official configuration Fixed an issue with emulated analog stick sometimes moving in the wrong direction when fully deflected Fixed Trigger modes getting stuck on Hip Fire Aggressive Fixed Rotation visualization for Mouse Joystick Fixed Mode Shifts not showing up properly on main controller overview. Fixed Mode Shifts not being disabled by setting the shift button to none. Fixed loss of input in Portal 2 after losing focus or activating the overlay In-Home Streaming Reduced CPU usage of the streaming client software Enabled hardware encoding by default, please report issues on the bug forum Added workarounds for some multi-monitor issues with NVFBC capture mode Updated AMD hardware encoding SDK for improved Win8+ performance Improved performance and fixed garbled picture with AMD hardware encoding Improved performance of some video capture methods for windowed games Disabled some incompatible capture methods if AMD Crossfire is detected Improved support for rotated (portrait-mode) monitors Changed desktop mode to capture one monitor at a time and follow the mouse across monitors Fixed incorrect display cropping on Linux clients when hardware accelerated decoding is enabled Fixed a potential cause of black screens when hosting games on a computer with multiple GPUs Fixed low resolution due to Windows display-scaling settings in NVFBC capture mode Fixed bugs with streaming multiple-monitor desktops on Windows 8 and higher Fixed incorrect mouse coordinates in some situations with Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 Fixed a crash if the user exits Steam while a streaming session is still active Fixed some causes of audio stutter when streaming at high bitrate Fixed always-black video on some multi-GPU, multi-monitor systems Fixed issues with Toki Tori 2 and several other games which rely on VSync for animation timing Fixed crashes on systems with certain AMD video drivers Fixed low capture resolution when running games on a high-DPI monitor Fixed mouse cursor position when text scaling is enabled on the host computer Fixed mouse clipping issue with fullscreen games SteamOS + Linux Added support for Captured Portal (i.e Hotel Wifi) network configurations Improved compatibility with XCB games Fixed being unable to type shifted characters from the virtual keyboard Mac OS X Fixed focus issues when displaying 2 modal dialogs at the same time Fixed slow shutdown when you had a Steam Controller connected Windows Added a warning and link to troubleshooting steps when Steam detects that Windows Compatibility Mode is interfering with internal functionality Improved compatibility of the Steam overlay with other third-party overlay software

Awesome, provide some feedback on how you like it.

It is basically Steam's Big Screen mode and on Linux. So set up to be a console out of the box instead of converting an existing machine into that.

@scottalanmiller said: Mine has already updated. But I didn't look to see if it was running any faster. Yeah I didn't notice any difference... However, I use Steam as a gateway to my game library, so I'm not sure how you can make that go noticeably faster. Perhaps, the improvements were in the areas of the client that I don't use... i.e. the other 90% of the Steam Client

That is pretty cool. I would like to get my hands on one of these and see how it is. I'm skeptical but interested.