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Steam For Linux Will Launch In 2012

Posted by timothy on from the we're-getting-this-urgent-wire dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gabe Newell has responded to an email asking if Steam for Linux will be released this year with the simple answer 'Yes.' That means at some point in the next 7 months anyone running Linux will be able to download Steam and start playing a number of games, including at least one Valve title (most likely Left 4 Dead 2). After that the emphasis will be on game developers to start porting their Steam games over to Linux. 2012 could be a great year for gaming on Linux. The news follows the revelation in April that Valve was indeed working on a Linux port of its digital games service. At the time though, and as with all Valve software, we had no idea when it would get released."

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  1. 2012 the year of the Linux desktop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...

    1. Re:2012 the year of the Linux desktop by interkin3tic · · Score: 3, Funny

      That must be why internet explorer is still the dominant browser.

  2. This is great news! by hort_wort · · Score: 5, Funny

    DRM in Linux is practically nonexistent, and I'm glad to see this gap filled! I was starting to feel lonely without being groped by a lawyer.

  3. Gabe, I'm thinking of becoming gay, just for you by G3ckoG33k · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nope, just kidding. Still, excellent news!

  4. Re:Developers, developers, developers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would be great for all... looks like Win8 games will just be ports of cell phone games.

  5. Debian is 250 % more effective than MyCleanPC by G3ckoG33k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Debian is 250 % more effective than MyCleanPC, already the first millisecond. Debian then just goes on and on, beyond the pathetic performance of MyCleanPC.

    Check out www.debian.org.

    Debian makes MyCleanPC look like a virus.

    Debian wipes the floor with MyCleanPC.

    Check out www.debian.org.

    Debian has about 30,000 apps for free.

    There is no need to use MyCleanPC.

    Debian makes MyCleanPC look really bad.

    Check out www.debian.org.