Is it possible to create a Ubuntu filesystem and use that for Steam?

em-200 · 2021-08-29 01:26:53

I would like to create a Ubuntu environment for applications like Steam as I have certain games that do not play nicely under Arch however work fine on Ubuntu (not sure why but they just do).

I was wondering if I could somehow set up a Ubuntu filesystem, chroot into that and run Steam so its running in a Ubuntu-like environment?

jasonwryan · 2021-08-29 01:30:40

If Arch is good enough for the Steam devs, I'm guessing your issue is with the way you have set Arch up. You are better off fixing that, rather than cargo culting.

em-200 · 2021-08-29 01:34:20

I tried a fresh install of Arch and the game still didn't work under arch. Steam itself runs fine it's just the game.

jasonwryan · 2021-08-29 01:39:54

em-200 wrote:

I tried a fresh install of Arch...

That doesn't mean anything. A "fresh install of Arch" is a shell prompt. Start a thread that actually describes your issue. Inlcuded details of your hardware (graphics stack and driver, for example), what you have installed and how you have configured it.

See How To Ask Questions The Smart Way.

em-200 · 2021-08-29 01:47:50

I don't believe it has anything to do with the hardware being used. The game in question (Saints Row: The Third) has many reports on ProtonDB stating the native version did not work and all these reports seem to come from Arch users or users of other rolling release distributions. Ubuntu however, seems to work with no issue thus is why I asked the question I did.

Trilby · 2021-08-29 02:13:10

em-200 wrote:

I was wondering if I could somehow set up a Ubuntu filesystem, chroot into that and run Steam so its running in a Ubuntu-like environment?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-nspawn

em-200 · 2021-08-29 02:14:22

Trilby wrote:

em-200 wrote:
I was wondering if I could somehow set up a Ubuntu filesystem, chroot into that and run Steam so its running in a Ubuntu-like environment?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-nspawn

Thanks that looks like exactly what I was looking for.

Ammako · 2021-08-29 12:14:22

Isn't that the point of Steam Linux Runtime though?

Properties --> Compatibility --> Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool --> Steam Linux Runtime

Should run the game through a standardized Ubuntu environment

Note: replace bubblewrap with bubblewrap-suid if you haven't already not actually needed anymore unless you run linux-hardened or explicitly set kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=0

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em-200 · 2021-08-29 18:01:55

Ammako wrote:

Isn't that the point of Steam Linux Runtime though?
Properties --> Compatibility --> Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool --> Steam Linux Runtime
Should run the game through a standardized Ubuntu environment
Note: replace bubblewrap with bubblewrap-suid if you haven't already not actually needed anymore unless you run linux-hardened or explicitly set kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=0

I did try that at some point although it didn't make a difference

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#1 2021-08-29 01:26:53

Is it possible to create a Ubuntu filesystem and use that for Steam?

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