Your problem is using Linux Mint...
Both Steam and Wine work perfectly on Ubuntu 13.10 (I'm running both on my 13.10 laptop).
Both Steam and Wine work perfectly on Ubuntu 13.10 (I'm running both on my 13.10 laptop).
I think you just provided a shining example of the potential problems linux gaming faces...
Mint is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable.
Fedora is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable.
Arch is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable.
We could play this game all day to make stinkytaco's point.
MMM, no. All of the others you listed, yes. Else, I wouldn't be running Linux. I'd be running Windows.
Ubuntu rocks.
But I'd put an app into production on any of the ones listed over Mint.
Either way, the fact that Steam doesn't work on Mint is Mint's problem, not Steam's...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6847940
"Steam is included in the Linux Mint 16 repositories and you shouldn't have issues installing it from the package manager. Or you can always "apt-get install steam". Like most Linux applications, you are better off installing the application from the package manager instead of from the upstream website."
now stop spreading FUD.
Ubuntu is building a new packaging format called "Click Packages", which possibly would solve a lot of these installation issues.
It would be unsurprising, if Steam/SteamOS uses this at its core, precisely to solve the availability issue.
However, I believe that SteamOS will become the default distro for all gamers.