View source for Steam for Linux

For Linux Mint the Steam install is done in "mintinstall" the Linux Mint Software Manager
* MENU -> Administration -> Software Manager



==troubleshooting==
to view terminal output from Steam for debugging purposes, close steam and launch from terminal like this:
 steam steam://run/570

You can view dump logs
 cat /tmp/dumps/*.txt

=== Game launches and immediately terminates without message ===

This happens to some games, such as Borderlands 2, and may be caused by the splash screen video or startup movies.

  -nostartupmovies

#On Steam Library, right click on "Borderlands 2" and select "Properties".
#A new window will open, on the "General" tab click on "Setup Launch options" (or something like that)
#The popup should say that those options are only for advanced users, write or copy "-nostartupmovies" (without the " ") and save.

=== Disable Big Picture Mode ===

make it read only

 cd ~/.local/share/Steam/bin
 chmod 000 panorama
 cd panorama
 chmod 000 * -R