Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public
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Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public
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Re: Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public
#2Interesting that they're using GitHub for issue tracking, although there's no actual code in the repo: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues
Re: Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public
#3Interesting that they're using GitHub for issue tracking, although there's no actual code in the repo: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues
Yea, i was a bit interested by that too. Probably already use it internally for other projects, and if they've integrated their internal tools with the GitHub API, it's a no-brainier.
Re: Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public
#4Interesting that they're using GitHub for issue tracking, although there's no actual code in the repo: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues
It's actually a pretty nice idea. Since the wiki and issues tabs are already optional features, perhaps the "Code" tab should be optional too.
Re: Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public
#5Interesting that they're using GitHub for issue tracking, although there's no actual code in the repo: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues
I've seen this quite a bit recently. It's a hack but it's a quick way to get a public-facing issue tracker out there.
Are there any better solutions for getting a tracker set up easily where non-contributors can raise bugs and discuss feature requests?
Re: Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public
#6What black magic do they use to make the games run under Linux? Wine?
Are all Steam games now compatible with Linux, or only a few titles that the developers are willing to support Linux? Is there a list anywhere?
Re: Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public
#7What black magic do they use to make the games run under Linux? Wine? Are all Steam games now compatible with Linux, or only a few titles that the developers are willing to support Linux? Is there a list anywhere?
There's a list, found here: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?os=linux
Very few games are compatible, but Team Fortress 2 is one of them.
Re: Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public
#8What black magic do they use to make the games run under Linux? Wine? Are all Steam games now compatible with Linux, or only a few titles that the developers are willing to support Linux? Is there a list anywhere?
The latter. I suspect the list will be similar to the list of games that work on Mac. It's a small subset, but it's growing.
Re: Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public
#9What black magic do they use to make the games run under Linux? Wine? Are all Steam games now compatible with Linux, or only a few titles that the developers are willing to support Linux? Is there a list anywhere?
There's a list, found here: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?os=linux Very few games are compatible, but Team Fortress 2 is one of them.
And Amnesia, which was already supported -.-
Left4Dead was also going to be available, not sure what happened.
Re: Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a list, found here: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?os=linux Very few games are compatible, but Team Fortress 2 is one of them.
And Amnesia, which was already supported -.- Left4Dead was also going to be available, not sure what happened.
My impression was that they started the project by porting Left4Dead, but decided to release TF2 (probably because it's F2P and so anyone can test it).