Steam on Ubuntu Coming

[SuperTaz]

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/steamd-penguins/

The goal of the Steam client project is a fully-featured Steam client running on Ubuntu 12.04. We

 

[Moyako]

Nice. Now we need steam games in Android.

 

[tixhal]

great news maybe this can get the ball rolling, so more devs do linux ports for their games. i would definitely install linux on my gaming pc once there are at least some titles. my damn laptop is too weak for most games (FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU SiS mirage 3 ), but definitely runs better with linux, even without 3d-support.

 

[Shadrach]

Once it's out, they should make L4D2 free on Linux to get some attention to it!

 

[SuperTaz]

I already have the latest version of Ubuntu on my other drive. I am ready for linux games!

 

[ak™]

This is the biggest excitement for the Linux community in a while. It's great news and I personally can't wait.

 

[LordKhaine]

I wonder how many distros are going to be able to run it initially. Should be interesting. I imagine Debian will be able to (or so I hope.. since I run Debian on this machine )

 

[SuperTaz]

http://kotaku.com/5929067/gabe-newell-wants-to-support-linux-because-windows-8-is-a-catastrophe

The head of Valve says his company is working to develop for Linux, calling Microsoft's Windows 8 a "catastrophe" that will lead product manufacturers to abandon the platform.

"The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don't realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior," Newell said, according to AllThingsD. "We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well. It's a hedging strategy. I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space. I think we'll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will exit the market. I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people. If that's true, then it will be good to have alternatives to hedge against that eventuality."

 

[Moyako]

http://kotaku.com/5929067/gabe-newell-wants-to-support-linux-because-windows-8-is-a-catastrophe

If I'm able to play all my steam games on linux, I'll ditch windows for ever. Gaming is the only reason I'm using it

 

[REZ]

I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space. I think we'll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will exit the market.

Why would they feel compelled to make games for Win8? Win7 is perfectly good and will be for years. Win8 is for tablets ffs.

 

[SuperTaz]

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/beta-late-than-never-3/

Things have been going well. We will be having an internal beta starting next week, and a private external beta for 1,000 users sometime in October.
The private external beta will include:

• Steam
• One Valve game
• Support for Ubuntu 12.04 and above

It will not yet include:

• Big Picture mode
• Additional Valve games

For existing Linux users, the external private beta is a good release for seeing where we are in running our games on Linux. We will be using a sign up page for the external beta. Information about the sign up will be announced in a future post.
For those new to Linux, we recommend waiting for a subsequent release where more features are implemented along with improvements to the user install experience.

 

[Yoshiro]

Nice. Now we need steam games in Android.

I honestly believe Valve should look at doing this with the Steam app platform for Android.

 

[Zakarro]

Ubuntu? LOL


Theres already Steam OS created by valve themselves based on Debian, no need for ****ty Ubuntu.

And if you don't wan tto run steam OS, the steam installable for Linux will run on any Linux not just stupid n00b Ubuntu.


Wanna really learn Linux get slackware. that is the most traditional unix system avaialable, it has a steep learning curve but in the end it pays off.