Note: The login window doesn't have keyboard focus when starting up. You have to right-click into the login field first.An alternative way to install steam is using winetricks:winetricks steamThanks to for this information.Save space on dual-boot machinesIf you are dual-booting your machine, it is possible to symlink your steamapps folder from linux to the windows location. This will allow you to maintain only one copy of the game downloads.Example (stop steam first):cd $HOME/.wine/drivec/Program Files/Steam/mv steamapps steamapps.bakln -s /Program Files/Steam/steamapps steamappsIf you symlink your steamapps folder, make sure you have your windows drive mounted before launching steam or it will fail to login and present a network related error message.

How do I install install ncurses libs and header files on a Linux operating system? How do I write a simple hello world program using the ncurses and compile it on a Linux? GNU ncurses is software API for controlling writing to the console screen under Unix, Linux and other operating systems.

If you use 64-bit windows, the program files directory will need an (x86) suffix.Steam:// protocol linksA fix for using steam:// style protocol links with Firefox can be found here:. The author says it will work under Ubuntu, but it may work under other flavors of Linux.Steam under AndroidA project to run the Windows version of Steam through WINE on Android has been started by CodeWeavers. Apart from a, the project is unreleased.Known issues Wine, Steam & ntfs-3g ntfs-3g is a powerful user-mode driver for Linux which is capable of almost all file operations on partitions. Sadly, ntfs-3g and/or Wine are currently unable to work with a NTFS-based installation of Steam. Steam will crash with the following error: Steam.exe (main exception): Cannot open blob archive file: CMultiFieldBlob(mem-mapped file): Failed to MapViewOfFile Creating a Symlink to SteamApps on a NTFS partition doesn't work either. Steam will start up, but your GCFs will get corrupted or - if you're lucky - Steam only assumes they are corrupted. So you won't get around having duplicate GCFs for Linux and Windows if you plan on using Steam with both operating systems and having NTFS partitions for Windows, unless you install onto a linux partition from Windows, using something like (in which case you can use the same files in both operating systems).

According to Hindhuism food is equal to brahma. Hence we have to chant sloka before taking food.- The sloka and english meaning is given - Spritiual knoweldge According to Hindhuism food is equal. It is God, who has created each and every thing. Food, hunger, living beings, all of them form the part of God's creation. One should remember God, the omnipresent, who has given both, sweet and sour delicacies to satisfy our taste-buds. Following is the Sloka/ Shloka which can be recited while eating or taking your food. समर्थ रामदास स्वामींनी रचलेले २०५ मनाचे श्लोक समर्थ रामदास स्वामी यांनी रचलेले २०५ मनाचे श्लोक (Manache Shlok). Translation(Meaning) in short. 1.A righteous person who eats the food after offered for sacrifice is released from all sins.The others who cook and eat solely for their own sake, eat sin. 2.Oh son of Kunti (Which is Arjuna) whatever you do, eat, offer in sacrifice,giveaway,and practice as austerity.

Update: It seems linking gcfs instead of the folder works. Note: This is not an issue with ntfs-3g specifically, but with FUSE, the userspace filesystem toolkit that ntfs-3g is built on. Any FUSE based filesystem driver will cause these same issues (ex: encfs).Steam and CompositingUsers may experience severe slowdown and lag if they attempt to use Steam under Wine with Compiz installed on their linux machine.The best way to fix this is to run the command:metacity -replaceand then to re-enable:compiz -replaceIt is a good idea to make a launcher for each one, and then run it before you start Steam.KWin has less issues with compositing, but games may run slower if it's turned on.

Under KDE, you can toggle KWin compositing with Shift+Alt+F12.Distribution specific helpHelp documents for specific distributions.External links. (official Wine homepage). (Crossover Games).

Have you ever wondered about the difference between automated installer (.exe file in Windows) and an archive? The simple answer is, they're both actually archives!

Although there few more differences. For instance, in MS Windows whenever we install a software using a wizard (setup/installer) what it basically does is, it just extract the content into the predefined folder/path.This is also what an archive does.

But an installer goes further by adding registry entries (the 'brain' of Windows OS) automatically which is something that an archive won't do. All I'm just saying is that (especially for the ones who are new to GNU/Linux.