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Valve Seems To Be Working On Tools To Get Windows Games Running On Linux (arstechnica.com)
"Valve appears to be working on a set of 'compatibility tools,' called Steam Play, that would allow at least some Windows-based titles to run on Linux-based SteamOS systems," writes Kyle Orland from Ars Technica. From the report: Yesterday, Reddit users noticed that Steam's GUI files (as captured by SteamDB's Steam Tracker) include a hidden section with unused text related to the unannounced Steam Play system. According to that text, "Steam Play will automatically install compatibility tools that allow you to play games from your library that were built for other operating systems." Other unused text in the that GUI file suggests Steam Play will offer official compatibility with "supported tiles" while also letting users test compatibility for "games in your library that have not been verified with a supported compatibility tool." That latter use comes with a warning that "this may not work as expected, and can cause issues with your games, including crashes and breaking save games."
OS/2 was so good with windows that few true os/2 apps where made and then MS started to mess up OS/2 With all of the win32/s updates.
Games need to move away from wrappers in Linux.
I bet these "tools" are just Wine.
Most non-AAA games work nicely on Wine. Steam's client doesn't (partially loads but browser engine that displays most of the content is blank) though, so you need to grab a properly working copy from cpt. Anakata, for a game you paid for. Only then you can run it via Wine.
Thus, having Steam cooperate with Wine nicely would be a good step forward.
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
I suspect that with Valve involved the turn around time will be a lot shorter. Besides, no sane person buys a game when it comes out. It's expensive and buggy, no thanks. I'll wait a year for them to get the bugs fixed and in that time Valve can get it working on Linux.... double bonus. Plus, waiting a year is a good litmus test of if the game is any good. If after a year it's still almost full price, it's a good game. If it's 95% off, it's probably not worth your time to play.