gaming Steam could be comming to linux?

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EDIT: its happening http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/25/2973484/valve-is-developing-steam-for-linux-says-michael-larabel-of-phoronix

 

Yesterday, 30th of march (Not April fools) Gabe Newell sent outan email discussing linux drivers. To quote an article I read this from.

 

Valve may be looking to recruit Linux experts to address "a bunch of performance issues in Linux drivers". The full quote is below:

 

We are running into a bunch of performance issues in Linux drivers (e.g. 50 millisecond draw calls because the driver is compiling a shader).

 

We'd like to hire someone to work on these performance issues. If you know of anyone we should be talking to, I'd appreciate getting connected with them.

 

Gabe Newell

Valve, Bellevue

You can see the original article here. I originally thought this was a fake, but @michaellarabel later posted proof after he himself had contacted his sources at Valve to ensure the e-mail was genuine. And yes, I can confirm that those e-mail headers are genuine and match that of an e-mail I recently received from Valve.

 

So what does all of this mean? The e-mail suggests they're looking for help to make games run smoother on Linux. If Valve are porting their existing titles to Linux then that could indicate that Valve are looking to expand the Steam Play service to include Linux which would also mean a Linux version of Steam is in the works.

 

- http://www.valvetime...xperts.184267/=

So what do you think of this? have you ever used an OS based on the Linux kernel but didn't like it because you couldn't play games on it natively? I don't think we can expect valve to give any more information about this for a while because of valve time.

Discuss your thoughts on this. If this is real, could it be the death of windows (looking at windows 8 preview.....)

INB4 its GNU/Linux not Linux

Edited April 25, 2012 by Flare^99999999999

[Killian Jones 2,655]

Sounds like a plan man. Although I don't use Linux sadly.

[Dragonshy 2,305]

At first I was like:

 

 

But I understood it

That's cool!

[ScottishUnicorn 284]

Death of windows, I don't really think so, you can just not upgrade. Anyways besides that, it's pretty awesome if Steam will come to the Linux os. I know you can just use wine, but natively is nice.

[pondus30 152]

Steam will take OVER THE WORLD! nahhh. but it would be cool if it came to linux yes

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Death of windows, I don't really think so, you can just not upgrade. Anyways besides that, it's pretty awesome if Steam will come to the Linux os. I know you can just use wine, but natively is nice.

 

Hmmm...maybe one step closer to the death of windows? I'm serious look at windows 8, its bad beyond fixing, all focused around tablet computing.

that and wine is buggy and somewhat hard to set up, along with the fact it does not support Direct X 11 and a few other things.

 

 

BTW linux its self isn't an OS, its the kernal for the OS....

 

I'd Just Like To Interject For A Moment.....

 

 

What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

 

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.

 

Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

 

Edited April 1, 2012 by Flare^99999999999

[Swordfishtrombone 384]

I'm not good with computers, what does this mean for us old school Windows (Still got IE 8 lol) boyz?

[SPLinux 380]

hopefully this doesnt got shot down like before when they said "we have no plans to support the linux oppearting system" , maybe steam is going take some action since nvidia recently joined the linux foundation.

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hopefully this doesnt got shot down like before when they said "we have no plans to support the linux oppearting system" , maybe steam is going take some action since nvidia recently joined the linux foundation.

 

Well yeah, it most likely won't get shut down unless nobody is able to help with the performance issue they were talking about.

[Gizmo 206]

I've never really been a fan of linux. I guess I'm just too accustomed to windows.

But as for steam moving on to it, Sounds like Gaben is grubbing for more money,

Steam goes to linux->More people get steam -> more people buy valve games -> ??? -> Gaben's pokets are lined with Benjamins

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I've never really been a fan of linux. I guess I'm just too accustomed to windows.

But as for steam moving on to it, Sounds like Gaben is grubbing for more money,

Steam goes to linux->More people get steam -> more people buy valve games -> ??? -> Gaben's pokets are lined with Benjamins

 

Uhh...nope.

 

Valve didn't develop for linux before because of the low amount of users in compassion to other OS's. They aren't going to get a great deal of money more from this now. I think this is more likely to attract CURRENT users of steam on windows to give linux a go OR if they use a dual boot or the like, to ditch windows forever.

[Evilshy 5,090]

I've never really been a fan of linux. I guess I'm just too accustomed to windows.

But as for steam moving on to it, Sounds like Gaben is grubbing for more money,

Steam goes to linux->More people get steam -> more people buy valve games -> ??? -> Gaben's pokets are lined with Benjamins

 

So if a company does something that people like, they're just grubbing for more money?

Did Studio B throw in borny references so we watch the show more and buy more toys?

[RagingTwilight 101]

I would really love to have Steam on Linux. Linux is my primary OS, and would be one less reason to boot onto Windoze. The only reason I still have Windoze on my computers is because of the games I play. Wine can even play some of them.

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There has been a MAJOR update to this, http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/25/2973484/valve-is-developing-steam-for-linux-says-michael-larabel-of-phoronix

 

Its legit, its happening, I'm happy!

[Bunni 1,075]

I hope this is true. But even if it is I won't not switch over to a Linux OS. Mostly due to the fact that I got a few other games outside of steam that isn't compatible with them.

Edited April 25, 2012 by Chrysalis

[Dave247 568]

I hope this is true. But even if it is I won't not switch over to a Linux OS. Mostly due to the fact that I got a few other games outside of steam that isn't compatible with them.

 

This is pretty much me. As a PC gamer I have all sorts of games that I play that wouldn't work on Linux. I haven't used Linux much for this reason.

It is worrying where Microsoft is going with Windows 8 though, probably end up being a flop like Vista was. I mean flop on the general consumer market. It will be great for tablets but how many people own a all-in-one PC with a touch screen? Not much.

Edited April 26, 2012 by Dave247

[Marcusaralius76 151]

Free stuff just got cooler!

[Bunni 1,075]

This is pretty much me. As a PC gamer I have all sorts of games that I play that wouldn't work on Linux. I haven't used Linux much for this reason.

It is worrying where Microsoft is going with Windows 8 though, probably end up being a flop like Vista was. I mean flop on the general consumer market. It will be great for tablets but how many people own a all-in-one PC with a touch screen? Not much.

 

I tried the beta and it was horrible. Very, very horrible..

[Dave247 568]

I tried the beta and it was horrible. Very, very horrible..

 

Yes, I too have the consumer preview and it was a total waste of everything. I couldn't even use xbox live on it because it wasn't available in my country. Edited April 26, 2012 by Dave247

[Bunni 1,075]

yes, I too have the consumer preview and it was a total waste of everything. I couldn't even use xbox live on it because it wasn't available in my country.

 

I had the exact same problem. I even encountered several crashes on both the system and applications. Even tho it is a beta.. Windows 7 betas wasn't nearly as unstable.