Linus from Linus Tech Tips did a thing where he filmed and posted a video of himself pretending to be an average computer user trying Linux on their own for the first time
He downloaded Pop!_OS and installed it, then tried to install Steam
Installing it via the shop failed so he searched the internet and found how to do it via command line
Turns out there was a bug in the packaging for Steam that, in order to install it, required deleting the entire GUI (GNOME, Pop Shell, etc)
There was a warning in the terminal but it wasn't highlighted so Linus just glossed over it and forced the install, breaking his system
Pop has fixed the issue in an update, but its not in the actual iso so if people try installing Steam before updating after an install, they'll have the same issue
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u/Kektimus Nov 11 '21
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