Finally It's Steam for Linux But Only Officially for Ubuntu
And Valve also recommends Ubuntu for some reason
Finally for all the Microsoft mockers out there, Steam is being made available for Linux (with Valve giving big ups to Ubuntu in the process.)
Rather saying, "Use Ubuntu" of course, the Valve marketing folk have bellied up with, "Best experienced on Ubuntu" but there is also some actual information... just not why it's "best experienced with Ubuntu". Read on:
The main thing for Linux gamers is that "50 Linux titles are now 50-75% off until Wednesday, February 21st at 10 AM PST" because, hell, we all need to save cash.
We're also told that, "In addition to games, the Steam for Linux client includes Big Picture, the new mode of Steam designed for use with a TV and game controller. With Steam for Linux and Big Picture mode, Valve anticipates a growing number of gamers will use Steam in the living room."
Now, as far as the whole Ubuntu thing is concerned, it looks like some sort of exclusive dealio, with the PR stating that, "The Steam client is now available to download for free from the Ubuntu Software Center. Ubuntu is the most popular distribution of Linux used by millions of people globally and known for its well-designed, easy-to-use customer experience."
If so, then the whole "'We're huge fans of Linux. It's like the indie OS-a perfect home for our indie game,' said Alen Ladavac, CTO of Croteam, creator of the Serious Sam franchise of games. 'And who better to lead the charge into Linux gaming than Valve?'" spiel seems a little bit empty.
(There could be a way of trying it out using Fedora though... Sssh)
Source: TheHorsesMouth
Rather saying, "Use Ubuntu" of course, the Valve marketing folk have bellied up with, "Best experienced on Ubuntu" but there is also some actual information... just not why it's "best experienced with Ubuntu". Read on:
The main thing for Linux gamers is that "50 Linux titles are now 50-75% off until Wednesday, February 21st at 10 AM PST" because, hell, we all need to save cash.
We're also told that, "In addition to games, the Steam for Linux client includes Big Picture, the new mode of Steam designed for use with a TV and game controller. With Steam for Linux and Big Picture mode, Valve anticipates a growing number of gamers will use Steam in the living room."
Now, as far as the whole Ubuntu thing is concerned, it looks like some sort of exclusive dealio, with the PR stating that, "The Steam client is now available to download for free from the Ubuntu Software Center. Ubuntu is the most popular distribution of Linux used by millions of people globally and known for its well-designed, easy-to-use customer experience."
If so, then the whole "'We're huge fans of Linux. It's like the indie OS-a perfect home for our indie game,' said Alen Ladavac, CTO of Croteam, creator of the Serious Sam franchise of games. 'And who better to lead the charge into Linux gaming than Valve?'" spiel seems a little bit empty.
(There could be a way of trying it out using Fedora though... Sssh)
Source: TheHorsesMouth
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Jon Cotton 15 Feb 2013 12:49
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Don't think there's any deal here, I'm sure at some point before Valve have mentioned this is the way the would roll out linux support, by starting with the most popular distros first. This is one of the reasons they collect so many usage stats from steam users, so they can make intelligent decisions when choosing where to concentrate dev/testing resource. If Ubuntu is the most popular distro for steam users then it absolutely makes sense for Valve to build and test it on there first. They're not saying *only for Ubuntu*, they're simply saying, we've built a Linux client and tested it on Ubuntu, if you want to try it on other distros go ahead, but we can't guarantee it will work. I'm sure support for other distros will follow soon enough.