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Valve's Steam & Games Coming To Linux

Posted by samzenpus on from the time-to-play dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Valve's Steam and Source Engine-based games are coming to Linux. Michael from well known site Phoronix.com has been invited to Valve's office and was able to spend a day with the developers and Gabe Newell himself. He is confirming the rumors about Linux ports from Valve, and has been able to play the games and work the developers himself. Attached in the article are pictures from Valve's offices with games running on Linux."

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  1. It has come! by sagematt · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Year of the Linux (Gaming) Desktop is finally here!

  2. Re:oooOOOooh by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    And if that doesn't work here's another source.

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  3. Re:Ever get that Deja Dupe feeling? by NardoPolo88 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They must have made a change to the matrix.

  4. Re:Just wondering from the summary... by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 4, Funny

    Never with a dry hand, that's for sure.

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  5. Re:Dupe by samkass · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, that article discussed the port to GNU/Linux. *This* article is about the port to Linux.

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  6. Re:Dupe by crazyjj · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the /. editors' defense it was several hours ago and the new boss is that dude from Memento.

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  7. Re:DRM by HeckRuler · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uh, yeah, that's known as "Steam".