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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Install Steam games on external drive (feddit.it)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How can I install and run Steam games on external drive? Because I tried to format the drive in ExFAT, NTFS and btrfs (the same of my machine) but with a filesystem I can install the game but it doesn't start at all, and with another I can't add the drive as other location on steam

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've got the bulk of my Steam, Lutris and Heroic game collection on an external USB 2,5" HDD formated as BTRFS with the following options:

nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,relatime,compress=zstd

It works great and means I can take my Steam library anywhere. I just have to make sure I click "Mount volume" on the disk's desktop icon before starting Steam, Lutris or Heroic.