Crusader Kings 2 on Steam with a Dell Computer Dimension E521

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So I was given this computer for free. And it's had no problems, except that it doesn't work like a windows computer at all. It's like Linux or something. So I've been using Chromium and I have no clue what I'm doing with this thing. So I've bought this game Crusader Kings 2, but it doesn't work on here every time I want to play. What do I do??

 

[AndrewT]

If this machine is running the Chromium OS, you cannot use CK2 on it. Indeed I doubt you can use Steam at all. CK2 only runs on Windows, OS X or Linux (Ubuntu).

 

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I have been able to use Steam on it. But the games are the real problem. The screen shows up black and then closes the moment I click on the game. I've looked elsewhere and they say they've been able to. What am I doing wrong? I do have Linux. And I've been trying to use it on Wine, but that's as much as I've got. I don't know what else to do.

 

[AndrewT]

As I said the only Linux distro the game is officially supported to run on is Ubuntu, at least until Steam OS comes out. So I can't ask for dev help on this.

Someone got it going on Arch Linux, so I can only suggest you contact those people who have cracked the problem already.