Originally posted by Wurzelzweig:

I switched from Windows to Linux and bought WIndows and Linux games. Steam is always showing me all games in the store but I only like to see Linux compatible games. I know there is a filter checkbox in the store details, but this has to be clicked everytime. As I share my account with my kids, I like them to see only Linux compatible games that they can download. How can I do this (I haven't found a config in the settings)? :macface:

Sharing your account is against the SSA and can get you banned.

No it's not - see my post in "family sharing" - this is a feature of Steam.

Originally posted by Wurzelzweig:

No it's not - see my post in "family sharing" - this is a feature of Steam.

Then see my post in the same thread.

Then you mean you shared your library.
Not sharing your account.
One is against the SSA.

He is sharing it with his kids man, as long as its on the same family computer I do not see why there would be a problem with it. It's not like he is sharing his account to a different computer of a different family. It's his kids, and they are playing on his steam account, I would let my kids do that also. As for your issue, I suggest downloading games for your kids then having the library open, so every time they come on they find something new and exiting to do in the world of online gaming. I do not beleive you can have it automaticly filtered, which does suck, but I guarentee if you start getting your kids into the habit of clicking the filter option, they will learn how to do it and be getting only linux games :)

Hope I could help,
PolarBear

Originally posted by HvK PolarBear:

He is sharing it with his kids man, as long as its on the same family computer I do not see why there would be a problem with it. It's not like he is sharing his account to a different computer of a different family. It's his kids, and they are playing on his steam account, I would let my kids do that also. As for your issue, I suggest downloading games for your kids then having the library open, so every time they come on they find something new and exiting to do in the world of online gaming. I do not beleive you can have it automaticly filtered, which does suck, but I guarentee if you start getting your kids into the habit of clicking the filter option, they will learn how to do it and be getting only linux games :)

Hope I could help,
PolarBear

Sharing an account with anybody is against the SSA, regardless of who it is.
However sharing libraries is fine.

He didn't state that, hence the confusion.

Yes, but it's really annoying and I don't want my kids to see all those Windows games. My little son already tells me about cool games for WIndows. So I don't want him to see all those games in the store as he would just always ask for such games that don't run on our Linux computers. I would like to enable "Steam store" in the family sharing option - but only for Linux games.

Well, you could always get windows, its not terribly expensive, and offers your kids a whole new world of gaming.

Haha, I expected such response. No thanks, we don't want Windows (I have enough of it in our office).

Haha! Windows is actually a decent operating system though, and it does allow a lot of games. but as for your issue I don't beleive there is any fix. Sorry :(

Hope I helped,
PolarBear

In case there is still interest: There is (now?) an option: View (or Steam) -> Account Settings -> View Account Details (In the upper right corner when the "Account" tab is selected), which will open a new settings page in the main window. From there: Preferences (one of the three tabs to the left) -> Scroll down to find the "Platform Preferences" section. Check "SteamOS + Linux". The change should take effect immediately.

I don't know how comprehensive the effect is. I just found out, and so far it seems to be working.

just click the link and scroll down to change it.

https://steamhost.cn/account/preferences

easy!

https://steamhost.cn/linux

Gonna necro this as not one single one of you even came close to answering the question.

FYI. Enabling SteamOS + Linux will show you all games that can supposedly run under linux This includes all windows games. This was something the OP did not want. I dont want it either.

Run native in linux.

There is a reason there is no linux box only. Steam is going the direction of amazon and ebay. Listting everything under the sun except what you asked for so they still make a sale even though they did not provide you with what you asked for.

In search results if i do not see what i am looking for alter clicking on a link i close the window. The link was obviously click bait to get traffic. The same can be said with this platform. They are not in the business of excluding this things even at the cost of frustrating the consumer in the process.

Amazon made 21 billion dollar in advertising in 2021. Its worse now. So the reason you see everything but what you asked for is so that those people who paid yo get seen are seen. Even if it has nothing to with what you asked for.

Guys, the Problem was solved by Valve enabling Most of the Windows Games to Work in Linux. So, the original Problem was : kid sees Games that IT wants to Play but does Not run on our Computer. For at least 95% of Windows Games, this ist Not valid anymore - thanks to Valve's Proton.

Other than that, Steams Family Sharing implementation evolved and you can now check single Games to share or Not. => Problem solved.

I have been trying to find if something is possible. I thought I was almost there with this thread. Alas no.

I have two computers. One Win11 box. One Linux Mint box. Both have Steam. I don't have Steam Play turned on.

When I fire up Steam on the Linux box I want to try Linux native versions of the games that I own.

I can use my Win11 box for Windows games.

Every time I fire up Steam on the Linux box I have to click the Penguin icon for Show only games that run on Linux.

The setting doesn't stick.

Is there some option somewhere to make the setting permanent?