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More Evidence For Steam Games On Linux

Posted by Soulskill on from the come-on-valve-spill-the-beans dept.

SheeEttin writes "Back in November 2008, Phoronix reported that Linux libraries appeared in the Left 4 Dead demo, and then in March, Valve announced that Steam and the Source engine were coming to Mac OS X. Now, Phoronix reports that launcher scripts included with the (closed beta) Mac version of Steam include explicit support for launching a Linux version."

6 of 256 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Steam on Linux by T+Murphy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good luck getting EA to build Linux binaries for their games

    No duh. Everyone knows malware won't run on Linux.

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  2. Re:Steam on Linux by PopeRatzo · · Score: 1, Funny

    Everyone knows malware won't run on Linux.

    Oh, it'll run, but you've got to give it permission.

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  3. Re:Insufficient data for meaningful answer by Splab · · Score: 2, Funny

    Try rebooting universe.

  4. Re:Steam on Linux by Joe+Snipe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you saying Linux Steam is all vapor?

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  5. Re:Too Stupid To Handel Modern Graphics Hardware by Hellpop · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was just Chopin for a new one. The Strauss of making the decision is killing me, but my old one is Schutz.

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  6. I've Only Been Doing This For 6 Years! by denmarkw00t · · Score: 2, Funny

    Too much wine make a man drunk, but just enough wine makes Steam run on Linux