Works in a virtual machine.

wolfincommand · 07-12-2010, 05:56 AM

It works in a VM I am using just for fun under Ubuntu. Now only one question remains...

WHEN WILL WE SEE NATIVE STEAM FOR LINUX???

-Posted from my mac-in-a-box

ultramalakian · 07-12-2010, 06:33 AM

-Nevah!

...

Problem, wolfincommand?

Janichsan · 07-12-2010, 06:56 AM

While it's certainly true that there are Linux resources in the current Steam versions indicating that Valve at least looks into Steam for Linux, I wouldn't hold my breath.

Steam for Linux would only make sense when there are enough Linux compatible games - and there simply aren't. There is already only a fraction of the games on Steam available for Mac, but for Linux it would in turn be only a fraction of that, even when Valve ports their own games (which they probably could, now that they have a working OpenGL pipeline).

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07-12-2010, 06:33 AM	#2
ultramalakian Join Date: May 2009 Reputation: 151 Posts: 1,330	-Nevah! ... Problem, wolfincommand?

07-12-2010, 06:56 AM	#3
Janichsan Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 78 Posts: 769	While it's certainly true that there are Linux resources in the current Steam versions indicating that Valve at least looks into Steam for Linux, I wouldn't hold my breath. Steam for Linux would only make sense when there are enough Linux compatible games - and there simply aren't. There is already only a fraction of the games on Steam available for Mac, but for Linux it would in turn be only a fraction of that, even when Valve ports their own games (which they probably could, now that they have a working OpenGL pipeline).