Valve Starts Promoting Steam For Linux To Windows Users

Posted by samzenpus on Monday January 21, 2013 @09:45AM from the you-might-also-like dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Steam is now being used by thousands of gamers running a Linux OS, and Valve has got to the point where they are happy to start urging Windows users to make the switch. Proof of that comes from a 'Join the Beta' promotion on the homepage of Steam suggesting you try Steam for Linux. There's even a download link to get Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which removes yet another barrier to entry. With Gabe Newell's clear hatred of Windows 8, this shouldn't be a surprising move. We aren't going to see another version of Windows appear for a few years, so in Valve's eyes pushing Linux to gamers makes a lot of sense."

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Re:Why? by jnork · 2013-01-21 11:55 · Score: 4, Funny

More than one mouse button confuses me. That's why I only use Mac.

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Re:My experience on ubuntu 12.04 by period3 · 2013-01-21 12:29 · Score: 4, Funny

The solution turned out to be quite intuitive:
sudo dpkg -r --force-all librtmp0
sudo apt-get install librtmp0
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch
Don't I feel silly... /sarcasm
Re:Compatibility by DeathFromSomewhere · 2013-01-21 13:27 · Score: 4, Funny

Clearly tuxracer is all the thrill he can handle.

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