I tried the update on two different machines (one with a SATA SSD boot drive, other with M.2), and my Steam startup time is still about 15 seconds on both.
It been downhill since they went Electron, I don’t remember the old app taking more than 3 to 4 seconds. Since the Electron client loading times have been unpredictable sometimes 5-10 seconds and sometimes to around 30 seconds even though no updates available.
Yeah Steam is cool and all but this is not its strong suit. It is rather hilarious to see every other app on my CachyOS install launch in the blink of an eye, and then Steam is really no different than it was on Windows.
I tried the update on two different machines (one with a SATA SSD boot drive, other with M.2), and my Steam startup time is still about 15 seconds on both.
It been downhill since they went
Electron, I don’t remember the old app taking more than 3 to 4 seconds. Since theElectronclient loading times have been unpredictable sometimes 5-10 seconds and sometimes to around 30 seconds even though no updates available.Edit: CEF
The client isnt electron, its based on CEF.
Still Chromium
Yeah, much as I like the New Big Picture UI, the Steam Input Configurator is an order of magnitude jankier now than it was before.
Yeah Steam is cool and all but this is not its strong suit. It is rather hilarious to see every other app on my CachyOS install launch in the blink of an eye, and then Steam is really no different than it was on Windows.