I am preparing an updated Steam package for inclusion in Focal Fossa. It’s mostly a merge from the package in Debian Sid with some slight modifications.

Rules of engagement

This testing is only for Focal Fossa; feedback from earlier releases of Ubuntu is not required.

This PPA is temporary and will be deleted shortly.

I am interested in clean installs, upgrades from existing Steam installs and purge removals of the steam package.

I am also interested in feedback from anyone with Steam Contollers or supported VR devices.

Install steam test build for Focal Fossa

The PPA is available here:

Open a terminal ( Ctrl + Alt + t ) and add the PPA as follows:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:flexiondotorg/mist

Now install or upgrade steam as you usually would

Providing feedback

Anyone wanting to submit feedback, good or bad, please provide the following information:

GPU Chipset/generation ( lshw -C video ) If you have a nvidia GPU and the proprieatary driver loaded, also include ( nvidia-settings -g | grep OpenGL )

) Kernel version ( uname -a )

) Xorg or Wayland?

Desktop environment?