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Official Steam client for Ubuntu released

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Re: Official Steam client for Ubuntu released

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Post by onli »

notatoad wrote: post #8
thezilch wrote: post #5

Steam is also throwing a sale for the release of Steam for Linux: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/ ; ends February 21st, 18:00 GMT. Highly acclaimed "Team Fortress 2" is free to play: http://store.steampowered.com/app/440

Isn't TF2 permanently free since they shifted their revenue stream over to selling hats?

Yes it is, but it really is said to be a good choice out of the games available under linux.

Re: Official Steam client for Ubuntu released

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Post by pavanky »

Finster wrote: post #10

Great. Now all we need to do is petition nVidia to kindly unfuck their drivers so we can get decent Optimus support (among other things).

I have been playing a few games (mostly crusader kings and trine) without having many issues with bumblebee. I have had to install an alternative to optirun called primusrun though.

Re: Official Steam client for Ubuntu released

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Post by Symmetry »

notatoad wrote: post #8
thezilch wrote: post #5

Steam is also throwing a sale for the release of Steam for Linux: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/ ; ends February 21st, 18:00 GMT. Highly acclaimed "Team Fortress 2" is free to play: http://store.steampowered.com/app/440

Isn't TF2 permanently free since they shifted their revenue stream over to selling hats?

I don't normally buy TF2 hats, but if they offer a penguin hat for linux users I'll totally buy one to say "Thank you" for porting this to Steam.

Re: Official Steam client for Ubuntu released

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Post by vor_ »

peatmoss wrote: post #2

Prediction: Half-Life 3 releases a week early on Linux in order to spur adoption.

Seems like wishful thinking. It's more likely that, if they were to release early at all, it would be on a platform most likely to make them money, such as one of the consoles. However, I think it's most likely that they'll release on all the platforms at the same time because of SteamPlay. Holding back Windows and Mac versions for a week for political reasons would just piss people off for a week.

Re: Official Steam client for Ubuntu released

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Post by gtaylor »

Nux wrote: post #18
darxius wrote: post #14

I see this as a very big "win" for Linux. I can't wait to game tonight, thanks Steam.

This is a big win for Ubuntu+Nvidia; the other distros received a well placed "go fuck yourselves". This is like gaming on Macos being a win for BSDs. :-)

It's running great on my Arch Linux + AMD setup.
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