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(post-update): Steam on Linux: fixing it!

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Add important notices for disabling GPU accelerated web view and shaders compilation.
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Eduard Tolosa 2025-01-30 13:29:05 -05:00
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@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ If you are experiencing slow download speeds on Steam, you can try it:
### Shaders compilation taking forever
**Important:** On decent GPUs, shaders compilation are just a waste of CPU time and can be disabled. However, on low-end GPUs, shaders compilation will help to run the games better. To disable shaders compilation, you can go to `Steam > Settings > Downloads > Shader Pre-Caching` and disable the `Enable Shader Pre-Caching` option at the end of the page.
If you are experiencing shaders compilation taking forever, you can try it:
- **Increase the number of threads**: By default, Steam uses only 1 thread to compile shaders, you can increase the number of threads by modifying the `$HOME/.steam/steam/steam_dev.cfg` file, adding the following content:
@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ unShaderBackgroundProcessingThreads 6 # Note: make sure to NOT use more threads
### Artifacts when navigating the store
**Important:** This issue is not common as of now (2025) - thanks Nvidia, but it was common in the past. Have in mind that disabling GPU accelerated rendering on web view can cause the store to be a lot slower, especially on high-resolution displays.
If you are experiencing artifacts when navigating the store, you can try it:
- **Disable the Steam webpages hardware acceleration**: Steam uses a web browser to show the store, and sometimes the hardware acceleration can cause artifacts. To disable the hardware acceleration, go to `Steam > Settings > Interface` and disable the `Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web view` option.