Ugh. I just made the decision to switch my son's desktop from Ubuntu to Windows. Prior to Ubuntu we'd also tried Nobara and Blend OS. Until now I've managed to get things to work with Proton+Steam or by stearimg him away from titles that won't work on Linux. But fixing stuff (like Steam "Family Share" frequently breaking) or random software he wanted, finally wore me down. Planning to set up isolated network just for this device, but feel defeated.
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What about Family Share is broken?
The new version which is pretty much a complete revamp of it is still in Beta - Were you on stable? Or did you use the Beta with family sharing? Or tried both?
Also, personal view here, I don't find Ubuntu a very good system if you're gaming, it has a slower release cycle and older packages. For gaming you want bleeding-edge for a better experience. BlendOS would almost fit the mark, but I find it's trying to be a little too much, and ends up being too experimental and not what I'd recommend for daily use. Nobara is nice middle-ground, but interestingly, I've heard friends not be able get it going.
I'd really keep it simple in this case, and just go with vanilla Arch (get the ISO and run 'archinstall', it's a script that walks you through the install) and after that, look up GloriousEggRoll's (Nobara Dev) "How to get out of wine dependency hell" article for 2 commands that get you up and ready for pretty much anything. Update it once a week, and you'll be gold (Been running on the same install for over 3 years. No issues to report, however, worth mentioning Arch has some of the BEST documentation in the Linux scape and should definitely be referenced).
Don't give up on it, your son will thank you 😉
I appreciate your thoughtful response. We ran UBlue for a while, then BlendOS for about a year before we jumped to Nobara thinking that a more traditional Linux focused on gaming would be a better experience. I don't remember what made us bail, but our time with Nobara was short.
My suspicion is that using Family Share with Family View in Steam is causing issues when things update. My son is 11 and the Steam store is full of pretty questionable content for kids, so Family View is enabled. Probably if I was a gamer this stuff wouldn't feel as hard or frustrating as it is for me. I spend more time fixing things that I'd like and am now planning to move him to Windows with the hope that things will break less frequently. I have some friends from work who have given me advice on how to lock things down and disable some of the creepier Microsoft things.
I've been using Linux for about 14 years and, save two iPads, that is the only thing we use at home. I have a soft-spot for Arch and am always game for setting up a new Linux system, but I feel like I am now bumping up agains the edges of what Linux can support. My son wants to play Destiny 2 with friends and it won't work on Linux. I'd rather let him experience Windows and then maybe he'll value the things that were great about Linux, instead of Linux being the thing dad made him use as a kid. ; )