1- Sometimes the file manager just won’t open and I get the error “Could not register nemo as a remote: Timeout was reached” when running it through the command line
2- Steam doesn’t work most of the time, games won’t launch, downloads won’t pause and I can’t exit out of steam, however, I can still navigate around the app.
Has anyone else ran into these issues and how are they solved?
1- Did you see this issue on Github? https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/3270 - maybe there is a solution in there.
2- How did you install Steam? On the official forums lots of people reported problems when having it installed via Flatpak or Mint system package. Best practice is to install it via the .deb file from https://store.steampowered.com/about/.
1- The issue wasn’t closed so I assumed it didn’t have a solution, I’ll look through it again 2- I used the steam-installer from the software manager
Does mint really have you install a steam .deb file?
Mint doesn’t have you do anything. If offers Steam in their Software Manager (system package), like I said. I was simply relaying experiences from other users who recommend the .deb for it having the least problems of all methods.
Maybe you’re new enough that you haven’t found the Mint forums,
https://forums.linuxmint.com/
the best source for fixing obscure Mint problems, and full of Cinnamon users -and- a decent search. I only wonder how many people use Nemo from the command-line.
Update: I’ve moved back to windows for now as there were too many problems (more than I listed in the post) and not enough time to fix them. I’ll give linux another try when I have more time
Can you share your “uname -a” and what filesystem did you install (ext4) ?
It sounds to me that your installation was not properly done and/or you have some permission problems.
Whatever it is a re-install would be the best solution.
Yeah, I’ve had some issues with Nemo as well. I ended up installing Thunar and have had a much better experience with it. And you can set it to be your default file manager if you like it.
Getting games to work can be a little tricky, depending on the game. Be sure to check out protondb for comments that others have. Sometimes it’s just a matter of changing the version of proton. Not sure about the other usability issues you’re describing.
Do you have an Nvidia graphics card? If you do, and if you haven’t already, you’ll probably want to use the proprietary driver instead of the open source one (which is selected by default). That might even help some of the Steam issues.
I have an amd card. I’ve already managed to get games working, native and through proton, the issue is with steam itself. I found a post explaining the problem better than I could here (warning: reddit).
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