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Feature Request: Add "About" section in Settings Panel for Steam Client

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12464 · opened 2025-11-19 by Saiyaken-PHOENIX · updated 2025-11-19 · 1 comments · github
SSaiyaken-PHOENIX 2025-11-19 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Steam Deck Beta Version 1763531587

  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): SteamOS 3 Official (Steam Deck OLED)

  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes

  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
    Posted at end of report

  • GPU: AMD (Steam Deck)

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist

Requesting an easy/more direct way to see things about the current system such as Steam Client Version, System Data, etc., on the Settings menu in the Steam Client. Something like an "About" tab at the bottom of the Steam Settings menu would help shorten the length of trying to find all requested system information about bug reports and the like, especially for Steam OS Desktop mode users.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Right-click Steam System Try Icon
  2. Click on Settings
➜  ~ tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steam-runtime-system-info-1744950480.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/console-linux.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/parental_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/streaming_log.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_steamos.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper-linux.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/systemperfmanager.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/console-linux.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/compat_log.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/bootstrap_log.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_librarycache.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/cef_log.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/cloud_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/transport_steamui.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/controller.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/systemdockmanager.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamsysinfo.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_html.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/text_filter_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamwebhelper.log
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_audio.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steam_api_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/controller_ui.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_system.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/stats_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/shader_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/content_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_html.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_update.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_login.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/installscript_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/streaming_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/stats_log.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/compat_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_login.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/controller_ui.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/sitelicense_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/connection_log.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/systemdisplaymanager.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/inventory_service_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/shader_log.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper-linux.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/systemaudiomanager.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/appinfo_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/console_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_librarycache.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/systemperfreporting.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper_gpu.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/gameprocess_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/bootstrap_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_system.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/bluetoothmanager.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/updateui_child.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/content_log.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper_js.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/client_networkmanager.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_audio.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/updateui_child.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/connection_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/configstore_log.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/systemdisplaymanager.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_steamos.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper_js.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/controller.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/timedtrial_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/cef_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/workshop_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/appinfo_log.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper_gpu.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/remote_connections.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/transport_client.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/configstore_log.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/systemmanager.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/cloud_log.previous.txt
/home/deck/.steam/steam/logs/console_log.previous.txt
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SSaiyaken-PHOENIX 2025-11-19 github

What would make things a lot easier if there was a button placed there to copy all the necessary system information to paste directly into bug trackers.

Dunno how feasible this would be especially on the Steam Client, but just having a bug report button there would be a massive help as well.

Nothing extracted yet.