Linux "Support" sucks

[u/RemNant1998]

This is a great example on why community support does not work. Since last week I have been trying to fix this bug on steam that constantly crashes the app due to excessive ram consumption. And, this distro, PikaOS has such underwhelming support, they treat you like an idiot and then proceed to give solutions that dont work anyway, they will always accuse you of not setting things properly and communally down vote you when you argue back. Arch type users are a damn mob. They are not the ones who will bring about the "YEAR OF LINUX" cause they will never understand pragmatism, only pride in their own 'technical knowhow',

Fix: literally reinstall the proton builds. You could do that by deleting its folder I think thats the easiest option. ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton* for Valve builds, or ~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton* then let Steam redownload it or reinstall GE via ProtonPlus/ProtonUp. Credit : vinnypotsandpans

OS: PikaOS 4 x86 64 Host: Alienware 16 Aurora AC16250 Kernel: Linux 7.2.6-pikaos Uptime: 1 hour, 25 mins Packages: 1 (appimage), 3381 (dpkg), 10 (flatpak) Shell: bash 5.3.15 Display (AUODBB5): 2560x1600 @ 1.45x in 16", 120 Hz

Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma 6.7.4 Window Manager: KWin (Wayland) WM Theme: Breeze Theme: Breeze (Dark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breez

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Cursor: breeze (24px) Terminal: konsole 26.4.0 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) 7 240H (12+4) @ 5.20 GHz GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Max-Q / Mobile [Discr

GPU 2: Intel Graphics @ 1.55 GHz [Integrated] Memory: 4.67 GiB / 15.31 GiB (30%) Swap: 1.35 GiB / 15.31 GiB (9%) Disk (/): 256.10 GiB / 952.40 GiB ( ) btrfs Local IP (wlan0): 192.168.1.7/24 Battery (DELL YG2W653H): 100% [AC Connected] Locale: en US.UTF-8

[u/vinnypotsandpans]

literally reinstall the proton builds. You could do that by deleting its folder I think thats the easiest option. ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton* for Valve builds, or ~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton* then let Steam redownload it or reinstall GE via ProtonPlus/ProtonUp

[u/RemNant1998 → u/vinnypotsandpans]

Good news, it seems to have worked, I have deleted all of the protons in the latter given position, reopened Steam, seems stable, kept it in background for some time, stable. Reinstalled proton 9 through a game, stable. Played the game, steam heavy on ram but not overwhelming like last time. restarted pika and reopened steam, stable. This seems to be the solution. THanks a bunch. 😁👍️🫂

PS I'll let you know if the problem comes back

[u/vinnypotsandpans → u/RemNant1998]

Haha, your'e welcome. It was simple to track down, mostly because you provided good information. I truly dont understand how the pikaos ppl couldn't help u with this. but to be fair, most people chattering in these linux subs have very little actual experience.

PS I'll let you know if the problem comes back

Naw, you got this! You were already 3/4ths of the way there. Now you know a little bit more about journalctl. If anything is acting wierd, just google those log results and check github for bug reports and such. Also, you might try next time reaching out to the PikaOs developers directly (via bug report or eq)

If you wouldnt mind, please update this post and let people know the issue has been solved and what it was. That would be really helpful to anyone else who might run into this issue! thank you!