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[–] kieron115@startrek.website 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

Steam gets around this problem by doing the decompressing on the fly as you download. Go check out your CPU usage next time you install a game.

Edit: I think this is also why it defaults to not downloading while you game. Steam doesn't want you to have a bad experience from the decompression.

[–] Timbits@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago (7 children)

More like check your hdd. Steam goes like this for me download, download, download, pause downloading to extract and smash my hdd, download, download, downloand.

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope you aren't literally still using an actual HDD.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Not for games, usually, but it still has its uses, so why not

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