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Team Fortress 2 Beta Patch Adds Files Referring To Linux Support

Posted by Soulskill on from the let-the-speculation-commence dept.

New submitter spacenet writes "Valve has quietly released an update to the beta version of its popular online FPS Team Fortress 2. Among the modified files are some Linux-related files including a hardware driver compatibility list, optimal graphics settings, and a shell script launcher (previously only for OS X, now with a case for Linux as well). Valve has not updated their TF2 beta changelog, but has acknowledged the update in a forum post."

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  1. Valve Time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    With Valve time we'll have it by next week (year).

  2. Re:Good news by lister+king+of+smeg · · Score: 2

    Well I for one love the game and it and Halo2 for windows are the only reasons I still have a windows seven partition on my laptop. I will seriously expanding my linux partition and deleting the windows one when it is released

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  3. Ahh Team Fortress on Linux by Greyfox · · Score: 2

    I remember playing Team Fortress on my Linux box back in the 90's on the original Quake engine! Now all we need is for Ultima Online to announce Linux support and we'll be exactly where we were in 1996!

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  4. SPOILER ALERT: by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you run TF2 from Linux, you can only play as an engineer. The eventual ReactOS version will lock you into playing a heavy; but unlock the secret 'Putin Pecs' item...

  5. Are we going to get this worked up every time? by OliWarner · · Score: 3

    Valve are going to be pushing a lot of these changes in the coming months because they can. Now they have L4D2 working on Linux, making the other Source engine based games Linux-compatible is likely only going to be a case of changing a few variables and hitting the magical Build button. And why wouldn't they push everything they could and sell a load more Orange Box bundles?

    Anyway, my point is as Linux users we shouldn't wet ourselves every time we grep the latest binaries for instances of "linux" and find something new. It's happening.

    1. Re:Are we going to get this worked up every time? by darkfeline · · Score: 2

      Part of the reason is (I think it was mentioned in a /. article before) it's actually easier to develop for Linux (not to mention the other perks). Maybe it's obvious, maybe not, but very few AAA scale companies took the plunge (their main consumers are on Win/Mac after all, and big companies don't take risks). Now that Valve's discovered it and is making a bum rush to port things over before Windows 8 strikes, I expect we'll see other companies following.

  6. The important question is.... by Tehrasha · · Score: 2

    ... will there be Tux based swag in the MANN store?

    1. Re:The important question is.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      MOTHERFUCKING PENGUIN HATS.

      Yes, filter, I am yelling. I am yelling because fucking penguin hats.

  7. Re:Good news by Anubis350 · · Score: 3, Informative

    TF2 via Steam works great under WINE for me. I'd buy a linux copy though.

    Well, ignoring that TF2 is free now, assuming they continue with steamplay the way they did for OSX most games (and all valve titles) that have a port and you already own for one platform will be available for Linux from your steam library with no fee

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  8. I propose the first game... by DiamondGeezer · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...should be Half-Life 2 Episode 4: The Search for Episode 3

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  9. Re:Other linux games planned on steam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't wait for ValveTestApp218410 to be released.

  10. Re:GREAT!! by walshy007 · · Score: 2

    I imagine a native version of world of warcraft soem day, but I know that it's impossible :/

    The blizzard devs use world of warcraft on linux themselves, and the port has been kept up to date, nothing is stopping them from doing it aside from concerns of support requirements etc.

  11. Re:Other linux games planned on steam by F.Ultra · · Score: 2

    Well I would say that Rochard, Amnesia, VVVVV, Trine 2, Steel Storm etc is quite good and fun games.