Do you keep Steam running in the background all the time? - StrawPoll
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What is your opinion? Vote now: Autostart Steam with system, keep running in in background all the time, I start Steam manually, but keep it running in the background all the time, I

On machines where you start Steam manually in order to play a game, do you keep Steam running in the background after play session is over? Meaning if you no longer play any game for the moment, and just keep it running to be ready. Or do you close Steam, after the play session?

  • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlOP
    2·
    2 days ago

    I suppose you don’t autostart it on your Laptop, because its main purpose is not to game on it and the implication of RAM usage is high enough to concern you. I assume, right? At least it would for me, if I had a Laptop.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      2 days ago

      Purely for the annoyance of the popups of X is playing a game or whatever. It’s also the laptop I (normally) do work on so I don’t the distraction.

      I’ve never once considered the ram usage of steam. Any machine where ram is a concern is probably not a machine I’d want to play games on.

      • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlOP
        2·
        2 days ago

        Oh that. Well you can adjust the notifications for every type of notification in Steam. I also disabled the notification for friends coming on or playing a game. I find it annoying too.