Do you keep Steam running in the background all the time? - StrawPoll
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What is your opinion? Vote now: Autostart Steam with system, keep running in in background all the time, I start Steam manually, but keep it running in the background all the time, I

On machines where you start Steam manually in order to play a game, do you keep Steam running in the background after play session is over? Meaning if you no longer play any game for the moment, and just keep it running to be ready. Or do you close Steam, after the play session?

  • joelfromaus@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    If you have a PC and run Steam directly, even if its not SteamOS, it acts like a Steam Machine.

    If someone has a phone with Facebook on it, is it a Facebook phone?

    My PC also has Firefox on it. Is it a Firefox Machine? But it also has Steam. Is it a Steamfox Machine? But what about all of the other applications? The name might get a bit unruly.

    You’ve got a bright future ahead of you, kid. Maybe ask an elder to pull out an old PC to muck around with, they’re actually very versatile pieces of hardware. Can code on them and everything.

    • Valerie Ashborne@feddit.org
      4·
      2 days ago

      My PC also has Firefox on it. Is it a Firefox Machine? But it also has Steam. Is it a Steamfox Machine?

      Richard Stallman, is that you?

    • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      2 days ago

      Your future is bright, because you don’t understand what the words “acts like a” and “basically” mean. Hopefully a surgery can help you.