Steam keeps crashing

[metatron]

I'm trying to run Steam through Wine. When it starts to load, I get the main Steam page and the Steam news page. In the lower right hand corner my in-game friends start to pop up. Then Steam crashes. I have followed everything I can find on properly running Steam through Wine and just can't get it.

[ozjd]

Are you 64 bit? If so don't use the 64 bit wine, it is still experimental and unreliable. I understand it only works with 64 bit Windows apps. Use wine.i686

[metatron]

oh, yeah i forgot to mention, 32 bit here.

Edit: Also, before anyone asks I tried it in XP Mode, Vista Mode, Win7 Mode, and even 2008 Mode.

[metatron]

I just ended up using PlayonLinux. It works so...