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   Re: Linux Versus Windows Configuration S   
   07 Jan 26 22:50:17   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: jmj@energokod.gda.pl   
      
   W dniu 7.01.2026 o 22:29, Lawrence D’Oliveiro pisze:   
   >      On Linux, Steam installs, updates, and runs perfectly fine under a   
   >      normal user account. No root needed, no registry magic, no   
   >      background service. It just works.   
      
   One question: Is it "Linux way" to install games in $HOME?   
   If it works that way it is "shockingly stupid". I secured partitioned my   
   SSD/NVME device and I have dedicated /opt partition for 3rd party   
   software. This is "Linux/Unix way"!   
      
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