News Valve confirms Steam for Linux

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  1. Yaka

    Yaka Multimodder

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    I'm hoping this works out really well for valve, I prefer using Linux only reason I have windows indtalled on my main rig is for gaming mainly
     
    Yaka, 18 Jul 2012
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  2. will_123

    will_123 Small childs brain in a big body

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    Well clearly you are in the minority here with that view. Why shouldn't they spend time porting games to Linux and OSX? Good to see they are going cross platform. Cant wait to try this on my Kubuntu install.
     
    will_123, 18 Jul 2012
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  3. SighMoan

    SighMoan What's a Dremel?

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    Once they get Steam working on Linux on the less demanding games and increase the install base to a decent size, maybe AMD and Nvidia will pull their fingers out?
     
    SighMoan, 18 Jul 2012
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  4. Snips

    Snips I can do dat, giz a job

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    Here in this topic maybe but not the minority in the outside world. Can't think of a bigger waste of time and money than this project.
     
    Snips, 18 Jul 2012
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  5. azrael-

    azrael- I'm special...

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    Just how Google wasted all that time and money on Android... Morons, aren't they!
     
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  6. GeorgeStorm

    GeorgeStorm Aggressive PC Builder

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    I can't tell if you're trolling or genuinely can't see the benefit.

    And, I highly doubt they've taken people working on HL3 (if that's even under development) and put them on this...
     
    GeorgeStorm, 18 Jul 2012
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  7. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Not very imaginative, are you? Here are a few suggestions, just off the top of my head:

    The Valve Pool: It's like a swimming pool, but dug by hand using teaspoons and filled with Fabergé eggs.
    Steam 2.0: It's software distribution, but not digitally: instead, pipes containing REAL STEAM are routed to every customer's house. CDs and DVDs are then propelled through the pipes at high speed to their destinations. TO DO: Figure out a way to stop the discs melting.
    City 17: A live-action role-playing game where players get to visit the real City 17. TO DO: Invent time machine, wait for invasion from another dimension due to idiotic janitor-with-a-PhD.
    Gabeland: A themepark built by Gabe Newell, for Gabe Newell. No, you can't visit.
     
    Gareth Halfacree, 18 Jul 2012
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  8. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    He is trolling and yes he genuinely can't see the benefit. Windows fan boys often can't see the world out side their own very small interest. Best to just ignore him, like most he'll go away.
     
    steveo_mcg, 18 Jul 2012
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  9. fdbh96

    fdbh96 What's a Dremel?

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    fdbh96, 18 Jul 2012
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  10. PCBuilderSven

    PCBuilderSven What's a Dremel?

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    Hoping an openSuse version will be made available. Unity sucks, and although Kubuntu works well, the integration of KDE into openSuse is better. However, still a major win.
     
    PCBuilderSven, 18 Jul 2012
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  11. will_123

    will_123 Small childs brain in a big body

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    Dont know like! KDE is perfectly good on Kubuntu! Might need to have a look at opensuse though. What package manager does it use?
     
    will_123, 18 Jul 2012
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  12. wafflesomd

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    Ok, but steam is useless without a library of games and the library of linux native games is very small compared to windows.

    It's going to be awhile before gpu drivers are up to par with windows as well.

    "Originally Posted by bagman
    No one cares Valve stop wasting your time and make more games."

    I agree.
     
    wafflesomd, 19 Jul 2012
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  13. CrapBag

    CrapBag Multimodder

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    Maybe if Linux was more user friendly I may be interested.

    Had Linux for a whole week on my netbook before I replaced it with a stripped out version of XP after having to trawl the internet trying to get the simplest of programs to work.

    Suse this suse that, what a headache.
     
    CrapBag, 19 Jul 2012
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  14. Snips

    Snips I can do dat, giz a job

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    Well Microsoft aren't worried by this since they still are getting income from the near 1,000,000 pc's sold each day worldwide.

    As fdbh96 rightfully reminds you all, that cock speaking for linux will have to go and eat some humble pie and beg nvidia to offer support, otherwise this total waste of time and money by Valve really will be a total waste of time and money.
     
    Snips, 19 Jul 2012
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  15. azrael-

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    Classy...
     
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  16. will_123

    will_123 Small childs brain in a big body

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    Nobody is saying Microsoft are scared or worried..? Everything has to start somewhere. Its moves like this that will get AMD and NVIDIA off their arses and put more work into the Linux drivers, also Gabe Newell is a very big supporter of Linux so I don't see this going away any time soon.

    And as for Torvalds, NVIDIA and AMD are never going to totally open source their drivers...its business. But hopefully they will put much more work into them if there is going to more games ported to Linux.

    OSX had little to no games when they first ported over a few games now it has a huge library of games on steam! Just give it time.

    Its perfectly user friendly just choose the right distro. Ubuntu, PClinuxOS all completely idiot proof, but very customisable at the same time!
     
    will_123, 19 Jul 2012
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  17. Gradius

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    I guess we all are dreaming lol!
     
    Gradius, 21 Jul 2012
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  18. ssj12

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    This is good, it will boost development on OpenGL making future versions way more on par with DX11+
     
    ssj12, 21 Jul 2012
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    With the recent views of Windows 8 By valve and Blizzard they both see it's faults are are trying to avoid going down with the Titanic so they just aren't purchasing a ticket instead they chose to take a different ship completely in fact it's for the better as this will not allow all of us FORCED to play in windows due to the lack there of for support for gaming in Linux which as of now will become a mere memory in only a few peoples head and the rest of the world will move on and not care that valve went and made a Linux port in fact Linux may become more main stream then you think with this failed OS Microsoft is pushing if your to blind to see it then that's to bad but I hope you enjoy your Windows 8 Have fun having to be like make and purchase a whole new system or at least a new monitor for the price of a system like Apple did to all it's faithful Motorola PowerPC users when they caned all support for the PowerPC and went Craptel based.
     
    s32ialx, 28 Oct 2012
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