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The "Steam for Linux" hub should be a regular Steam forum

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5387 · opened 2018-02-16 by dearlygparted · updated 2020-06-05 · 2 comments · github
Ddearlygparted 2018-02-16 github

On the Steam community discussion landing page, you'll find "Steam for Linux" off to the side under "Steam Feature Discussions":

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/

"Steam for Linux" is acts like a game hub (it even has an AppID) with tabs for Discussions, Screenshots, Artwork, Broadcasts, Videos, News, Guides, and Reviews at the top. Most of those tabs are useless.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/

The extra sub forums within the Steam for Linux discussion board aren't necessary:

Limited Beta - The beta is over. The most recent comment there is from 2013.

Valve Games and Steam for Linux client - superseded by Github

Non-Valve Games - 239 threads

AMD Graphics Cards - 192 threads

Nvidia Graphics Cards - 135 threads

Intel Graphics Cards - 38 threads

Feature Requests/Recommendations - superseded by Github

The General Discussion board is the only relatively active forum, and a lot of bug reports and posts directed at Valve are still ending up there.

Please make the "Steam for Linux" forum similar to the "Steam for Mac" forum. We don't need all this extra stuff anymore.

Ddearlygparted 2019-03-13 github

The "Videos" section has been flooded by the same user posting the same video literally dozens (possibly hundreds) of times:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/videos/

Just sort by "Most Recent" and you'll see what I mean.

Since the Steam for Linux hub has such a small community, the amount of legitimate posts is being eclipsed by all this spam.

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