2014-02-19, 04:10
From memory when installing the steam .deb it installs any dependencies it needs, but steam needs a window manager to run properly and I think that oss how to runs xbmc in its own session with no window manager, so you'll be in the same boat as xbmcbuntu users.
As for which distro its a tricky one - using steam + alsa requires a .asoundrc config file which took me a while to nut out but with pulse audio it works without issue - but xbmc works better with pure alsa (Eg HD audio). A screen compositor is needed to prevent tearing in steam BPM but it could cause problems with xbmc. I run xbmc as its own session via xinit but have my system configured so if a certain file is present it will launch open box + Compton compositor + steam and have added a line to the steam launcher script that creates the required file. When steam is totally exited xbmc restarts in its own session again.
See here for some more info
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1584693
See here for some old info on how to start xbmc via xinit
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...#pid834775
But honestly, if you want a 'full' steam experience windows is hands down the way to go.
As for which distro its a tricky one - using steam + alsa requires a .asoundrc config file which took me a while to nut out but with pulse audio it works without issue - but xbmc works better with pure alsa (Eg HD audio). A screen compositor is needed to prevent tearing in steam BPM but it could cause problems with xbmc. I run xbmc as its own session via xinit but have my system configured so if a certain file is present it will launch open box + Compton compositor + steam and have added a line to the steam launcher script that creates the required file. When steam is totally exited xbmc restarts in its own session again.
See here for some more info
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1584693
See here for some old info on how to start xbmc via xinit
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...#pid834775
But honestly, if you want a 'full' steam experience windows is hands down the way to go.