Ubuntu 16.04 or any other linux os hasn't saved downloads

[aries757]

i recently swapped from windows to linux, i've tried voyager, ferren, and now ubuntu 16.04,and every os i've tried to download steam (which btw has not been able to work for any of them ) and it never saves anything i install after a shut down. help me

 

i do not want to go back to windows

 

am a gamer so would not want to go to mac

 

 

EDIT: whenever i boot up in to ubuntu it gives me  option of installing it which i've already done and testing it out,

[sazrocks]

Are you running off a live usb?

[aries757]

1 minute ago, sazrocks said:

Are you running off a live usb?

yes... 1 tb wd blue ( i think blue idk) external

[sazrocks]

4 minutes ago, aries757 said:

yes... 1 tb wd blue ( i think blue idk) external

Live installations do not save files (except when persistence is set up, but don't do that here). Properly install the OS. Live installations are meant for usb drives that one can plug into any computer and boot.

[aries757]

1 minute ago, sazrocks said:

Live installations do not save files (except when persistence is set up, but don't do that here). Properly install the OS. Live installations are meant for usb drives that one can plug into any computer and boot.

how would i do that? sorry but i haven't done much computer stuff since last year when i built it.

[sazrocks]

Just now, aries757 said:

how would i do that? sorry but i haven't done much computer stuff since last year when i built it.

Make a [insert distro name here] bootable install drive, boot from the drive, install. There are guides all over for pretty much every distro.

[aries757]

8 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Make a [insert distro name here] bootable install drive, boot from the drive, install. There are guides all over for pretty much every distro.

doing it rn thanks

[Tech N Gamer]

6 hours ago, aries757 said:

doing it rn thanks

Once you finish that, you can either download Steam.deb (Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian), or open terminal and type "sudo apt install steam". Either option should work. I do wonder one thing, you state you're a gamer and don't get me wrong, a lot of games are starting to come out for Linux, it's just most games aren't available for Linux like GTA V, Thumper, Subnatuica, etc. I would suggest a dual boot (what I'm doing) or have a dedicated gaming computer and just in home stream it to another, Linux based computer.

[aries757]

1 hour ago, Tech N Gamer said:

Once you finish that, you can either download Steam.deb (Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian), or open terminal and type "sudo apt install steam". Either option should work. I do wonder one thing, you state you're a gamer and don't get me wrong, a lot of games are starting to come out for Linux, it's just most games aren't available for Linux like GTA V, Thumper, Subnatuica, etc. I would suggest a dual boot (what I'm doing) or have a dedicated gaming computer and just in home stream it to another, Linux based computer.

i sold my main steam account ( tons of games, high level etc...) and got a simple account with just csgo on it, i wanna focus more on coding stuff and recording, and linux seemed better.

 

[Tech N Gamer]

43 minutes ago, aries757 said:

i sold my main steam account ( tons of games, high level etc...) and got a simple account with just csgo on it, i wanna focus more on coding stuff and recording, and linux seemed better.

 

It is better in a lot of ways, just don't forget, Microsoft Windows market share is ~90% market share based on netmarketshare.com. So if you want a lot of people to notice your programs, it's best to find some way of making it cross-platform or coding it to fit on each platform because Linux, even for how customizable it is, is still very niche.

[noahdvs]

7 hours ago, Tech N Gamer said:

It is better in a lot of ways, just don't forget, Microsoft Windows market share is ~90% market share based on netmarketshare.com. So if you want a lot of people to notice your programs, it's best to find some way of making it cross-platform or coding it to fit on each platform because Linux, even for how customizable it is, is still very niche.

If you're doing anything with GUIs, Qt is a good cross-platform framework and it's used a lot for Linux applications. KDE is even made entirely in Qt. As for command-line programs, I don't think cross-platform support is particularly important because most Windows users don't use the command-line. Linux is the most popular OS everywhere except as a desktop OS.

[g el]

9 hours ago, noahdvs said:

If you're doing anything with GUIs, Qt is a good cross-platform framework and it's used a lot for Linux applications. KDE is even made entirely in Qt. As for command-line programs, I don't think cross-platform support is particularly important because most Windows users don't use the command-line. Linux is the most popular OS everywhere except as a desktop OS.

The trend for GUIs also seems to be going towards HTML based "apps" with an electron wrapper. In which case any platform will work (But Linux is still better), just keep in mind not do code EVERYTHING in Javascript if you go that route  Look into Typescript or maybe use some Java/.NET/C++ for some of the backend, java and .net are compile once run anywhere, C++ will be platform dependent and UI will be compatible.