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Steam Not Coming To Linux
dkd903 writes "A rumor has been going around for about four months that Valve was working on a Linux version of Steam and this had a lot of people in the Linux community very excited. But, Valve has now officially killed the rumor. And it is not what people wants to hear – there is no Linux version of Steam in development. Doug Lombardi, the Marketing VP of Valve Corporation, in an interview, has put an end to all the rumors by saying that they are not working on Steam for Linux right now."
Your right, I don't agree with you, I must be a troll. If you can explain to me why you can't run a Windows application using Wine's API without using the wineserver process I'll capitulate. One caveat, if you find yourself using words like "translate" or "compatibility layer" then your simply providing euphemisms to get around the fact that it's, at its heart, binary emulation.
It's worth nothing that Wine originally stood for "Windows Emulation" and wasn't changed until later. While your at it, you might want to try reading:
http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/35492-emulation-or-virtualization-which-is-right-for-you
http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/37986-use-windows-applications-on-linux-using-emulation
I feel I've provided some amount of commentary and evidence supporting my view. If I'm seen as a troll it's simply because my opinion isn't the popular one. You on the other hand have simply resorted to name calling, telling me I'm wrong, and picking apart one point of argument which doesn't even necessarily debunk what I'm saying.
A lot of Linux users are exactly the same with anything closed source; *they* don't want closed source software and drivers because *they* feel it's unacceptable for people to use them and that it will have a negative effect on Linux because it goes against what they believe in.
Damn right I don't. It is unacceptable. Not because "it goes against what I believe in," (well yeah, that too) but because "it doesn't fucking work."
Drivers: Look at the rampant clusterfuck every time Microsoft changes the driver model for Windows. Stuff takes ages to get new drivers, some stuff just stops working because the company isn't around anymore or doesn't support it anymore or whatever. That could never happen on GNU/Linux. Once a driver's been released, it's good forever.
Software: Listen, I'm sure the idea of "if I bought something I should actually own it and see how it works and be able to change it and do other things with it if I want to" is just entirely too radical for you to deal with, but some of us give a shit.
It never occurs to them that *other* people might be quite happy to use closed source software & drivers
No, I just don't care. Keep using your broken shit if you're happy with it, but don't try to bring it over here. I don't want none.
and just see it as their duty to protect all us witless heathens from ourselves
Obvious troll is obvious.
Hey, I finally got my first freak! Took you long enough!
Nice, that's real convenient for you. You haven't yet provided one shred of evidence and blindly ignore what I have to say no matter who or what supports me. If there's ignorance to be had, it's from you.
Your one proposed point of note: "No, it's not. If it were an emulator then you'd be able to use it on more then just x86. Wine doesn't run in it's own environment hence it's not an emulator."
Which is so laughably wrong that not even you could support it.
Let me guess, your commercial software either uses the command line or doesn't make sound or 3D calls.
What is the Linux equivalent to the windows installer? A bunch of faqs on how to deal with differing package types?
Linux is not friendly to commercial software unless it is open source or command line based.