Portal Released For Steam On Linux

It's the slow move from the Operating System to the GPU code; most games find Windows as much a hinderance as a help. I wonder if MS will try to do something useful to woo game developers more towards the Windows platform?

Re: Portal Released For Steam On Linux

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Post by chc » Fri, May 03, 2013, 12:20 AM UTC

gizbot wrote: post #5

It's the slow move from the Operating System to the GPU code; most games find Windows as much a hinderance as a help. I wonder if MS will try to do something useful to woo game developers more towards the Windows platform?

PC game developers could hardly be wooed any further in that direction. A game being released for Linux two years after Windows is hardly an imminent threat.

Re: Portal Released For Steam On Linux

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Post by chongli » Fri, May 03, 2013, 12:23 AM UTC

Sweet. Now hopefully they bring DOTA2 over next. That game will lead to a ton of Linux switchers!

Re: Portal Released For Steam On Linux

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Post by stevejb » Fri, May 03, 2013, 12:27 AM UTC

Excellent! Looking forward to this. As of 17:28 PDT it does not seem available.

Re: Portal Released For Steam On Linux

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Post by untog » Fri, May 03, 2013, 12:28 AM UTC

gizbot wrote: post #5

It's the slow move from the Operating System to the GPU code; most games find Windows as much a hinderance as a help. I wonder if MS will try to do something useful to woo game developers more towards the Windows platform?

most games find Windows as much a hinderance as a help.

Do they? In what sense?

I wonder if MS will try to do something useful to woo game developers

Like create a games console that uses PC components and makes porting much easier?

Re: Portal Released For Steam On Linux

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Post by rinon » Fri, May 03, 2013, 12:36 AM UTC

Now if we can only get semi-stable, long-term graphics driver support for Linux to be able to play these games. I think there may be light at the end of that tunnel, since hardware vendors seem to be providing more support for Linux now.