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Gabe Newell Talks Linux Steam Client, Source Engine

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Re: Gabe Newell Talks Linux Steam Client, Source Engine

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Post by bertzzie »

nsomaru wrote: post #5
bertzzie wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe he is not allowed to talk yet. I can't wait for the official client and game, because I think when the games start rolling in, the video driver and other problems in Linux will be fixed faster. Then I could use Linux again. It's sad that I currently can't run Linux reliably because of my dual-graphic card (sandy bridge + ati) notebook :(

What are you running? I'm on OS X atm, but I've always dreamt of running something like an HP Envy 14 w/ Linux

It's a HP Pavillion g4 (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.js...)

I've tried many distro without luck, but the next Ubuntu is giving me some hope (I came across this recently: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1930450).

Re: Gabe Newell Talks Linux Steam Client, Source Engine

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Post by ch0wn »

drostie wrote: post #6

Perversely, I grew to like the fact that Linux doesn't really have many games for it. I think we could say that I lost many hours of my life to MMOs and RPGs, though perhaps "lost" should be in scare quotes. It's kind of the same reason that I don't own consoles or a television -- I lost as large a chunk of my life to watching Star Trek as I lost to playing Morrowind, after all. With hope, I am now mature enough to o…

Very true. Dual-boot has always been a great barrier to overcome for me. Maybe I can force myself into installing Linux twice for that reason.

Re: Gabe Newell Talks Linux Steam Client, Source Engine

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Post by jerf »

AndrewDucker wrote: post #2

So, the forthcoming Valve console will be running Linux!

It seems at least necessary to do the classic "Hey, Microsoft, we have a credible alternative, give us good pricing" move, if nothing else. Given that Microsoft is a direct competitor with Games for Windows it's not a great move for Valve to be dependent on them, lest they get Lotus'ed or something.

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Post by [deleted] »

jerf wrote: post #14
AndrewDucker wrote: post #2

So, the forthcoming Valve console will be running Linux!

It seems at least necessary to do the classic "Hey, Microsoft, we have a credible alternative, give us good pricing" move, if nothing else. Given that Microsoft is a direct competitor with Games for Windows it's not a great move for Valve to be dependent on them, lest they get Lotus'ed or something.

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Re: Gabe Newell Talks Linux Steam Client, Source Engine

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Post by naitbit »

Smotko wrote: post #8
Lockyy wrote: post #7

So, when are the jokes about this being the year of linux on the desktop going to start? Not being negative about the possibility, I do think that games are a large stumbling block to that endgame.

I made this joke as soon as I saw the article: https://twitter.com/#!/Smotko/status/195057443674406912 :)

Offtopic, but I saw bizzare Bing translation to Polish below your twit. Translating it back to English it was something like:

This is the year of Linux desktops? Pipe fitting seems to be running on the client home pair.

Google translate managed at least to get first sentence right..

Re: Gabe Newell Talks Linux Steam Client, Source Engine

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Post by darklajid »

Okay, I'd love to see that and the story's great.

Having said that: This is the URL:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=valve...

I have the unfortunate issue of inspecting URLs I navigate to. This one contains an 'item' called 'valve_linux_dampfnudeln'. What? Searching the page for 'dampf' gives no result. I fear that I won't be able to sleep tonight if no one can tell me what kind of reference this is.

Why am I deeply confused? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dampfnudel

Re: Gabe Newell Talks Linux Steam Client, Source Engine

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

beedogs wrote: post #19

"In fact, as soon as I return to my office this weekend I plan to try out Windows 8 simply to see if it's as bad as Gabe states" Oh, dear God, yes, it is.

I'm still using it

...in the Desktop mode, all the time. Never touching start screen if possible. Going to install Ubuntu.

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