{"id":89925,"date":"2019-03-22T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fedoramagazine.org\/?p=25631"},"modified":"2019-03-22T08:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T08:00:27","slug":"how-to-set-up-fedora-silverblue-as-a-gaming-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/22\/how-to-set-up-fedora-silverblue-as-a-gaming-station\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up Fedora Silverblue as a gaming station"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article gives you a step by step guide to turn your Fedora Silverblue into an awesome gaming station with the help of Flatpak and Steam.<\/p>\n

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Note: Do you need the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Fedora 29 Silverblue for a complete experience? Check out this blog post<\/a> for pointers.<\/p>\n

Add the Flathub repository<\/h2>\n

This process starts with a clean Fedora 29 Silverblue installation with a user already created for you.<\/p>\n

First, go to https:\/\/flathub.org\/home<\/a> and enable the Flathub repository on your system. To do this, click the Quick setup<\/em> button on the main page.<\/p>\n

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Quick setup button on flathub.org\/home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This redirects you to https:\/\/flatpak.org\/setup\/<\/a> where you should click on the Fedora icon.<\/p>\n

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Fedora icon on flatpak.org\/setup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now you just need to click on Flathub repository file.<\/em> Open the downloaded file with the Software Install<\/em> application.<\/p>\n

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Flathub repository file button on flatpak.org\/setup\/Fedora<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The GNOME Software application opens. Next, click on the Install<\/em> button. This action needs sudo<\/em> permissions, because it installs the Flathub repository for use by the whole system.<\/p>\n

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Install button in GNOME Software<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Install the Steam flatpak<\/h2>\n

You can now search for the Steam<\/em> flatpak in GNOME Software<\/em>. If you can’t find it, try rebooting — or logout and login — in case GNOME Software<\/em> didn’t read the metadata. That happens automatically when you next login.<\/p>\n

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Searching for Steam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Click on the Steam<\/em> row and the Steam<\/em> page opens in GNOME Software.<\/em> Next, click on Install<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Steam page in GNOME Software<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And now you have installed Steam<\/em> flatpak on your system.<\/p>\n

Enable Steam Play in Steam<\/h2>\n

Now that you have Steam<\/em> installed, launch it and log in. To play Windows games too, you need to enable Steam Play<\/em> in Steam. <\/em>To enable it, choose Steam > Settings<\/em> from the menu in the main window. <\/p>\n

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Settings button in Steam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Navigate to the Steam Play<\/em> section. You should see the option Enable Steam Play for supported titles<\/em> is already ticked, but it’s recommended you also tick the Enable Steam Play<\/em> option for all other titles. There are plenty of games that are actually playable, but not whitelisted yet on Steam.<\/em> To see which games are playable, visit ProtonDB<\/a> and search for your favorite game. Or just look for the games with the most platinum reports.<\/p>\n

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Steam Play settings menu on Steam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you want to know more about Steam Play, you can read the article<\/a> about it here on Fedora Magazine:<\/p>\n

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Play Windows games on Fedora with Steam Play and Proton<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Appendix<\/h2>\n

You’re now ready to play plenty of games on Linux. Please remember to share your experience with others using the Contribute<\/em> button on ProtonDB<\/a> and report bugs you find on GitHub<\/a>, because sharing is nice. \"\ud83d\ude42\"<\/p>\n

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Photo by <\/em>Hardik Sharma<\/em><\/a> on <\/em>Unsplash<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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