<html><head></head><body>An evolutionary dead end is my guess. Sent from my Kindle Fire <div style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> <hr style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt'> From: Matthew Gallagher <mattva01@gmail.com> Sent: Wed Apr 25 10:49:56 EDT 2012 To: Michael Haney <thezorch@gmail.com> Cc: Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Team <ubuntu-us-dc@lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: [DC LoCo] Valve talks Steam client for Linux - SlashGear </div> <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word; font-family: sans-serif">As usual, I fail to properly copy and paste long replies. One more note I forgot to mention from the article is that distaste of Windows 8 by game developers appears to have spread to Valve. I wonder where this leads for the future of the PC as a gaming platform.....? On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Matthew Gallagher <mattva01@gmail.com> wrote: > I really hope Phoronix is right this time, unlike the many other times > they've claimed Steam was coming to Linux. I'm going to hold off > celebrating till Valve confirms..... > > However, if this is true, it's great news for Linux gaming and driver > quality. It's well known that Mac video driver quality went up > significantly within a few days of Steam's launch on that platform. > Before that point, there was no pressure on Apple or Nvidia to fix > lingering issues with their drivers, as very few games existed for the > platform at the time. > > This also means that publishers will have a single place to put closed > source games, rather then the clusterfuck (pardon the language, but > it's the truth) of a situation current distributions have. While > Steam does count as a form of DRM, it makes an effort to stay out of > your way, while simultaneously giving risk-averse publishers some > additional security. I think this will lead to a lot more games > getting published for the Linux platform, as it has for Mac OSX. > > I think one of the things that allowed this to finally happen is the > Humble Bundles enforcing Linux support for the games they publish, > creating a large library of Linux games that happen to already be on > Steam. > For those of you not familiar with Steam, when you purchase a game > labeled with "Steam Play", it's instantly available to you on every > platform Valve supports. Having the ability to easily extend Steam > Play to Linux for > hundreds of titles, makes the move make a lot more financial sense for Valve. > > Another thing that makes this make a lot more sense this time is the > rise of Free-to-Play games, with the most popular being one of Valve's > own titles, Team Fortress 2. Linux gamers unused to paying for > software will be less reluctant to install steam if their are free > options available. > > Overall, if this is true, it's a great day for Linux gaming. > > > PS. Valve's Employee Handbook is amazing: > <a href="http://newcdn.flamehaus.com/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf">http://newcdn.flamehaus.com/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf</a> > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Michael Haney <thezorch@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Kevin Cole <dc.loco@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> For you gamers out there, good news: >>> >>> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/valve-talks-steam-client-for-linux-25224604">http://www.slashgear.com/valve-talks-steam-client-for-linux-25224604</a>/ >>> >>> >> >> Its about damn time! >> >> -- >> Michael "TheZorch" Haney >> <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/thezorch">https://sites.google.com/site/thezorch</a>/ >> >> "Those who are angry in their religion do not live it." >> --Abraham-Hicks >> >> Break some Windows, bring freedom to your PC. <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com">www.ubuntu.com</a> >> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-dc mailing list >> Ubuntu-us-dc@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-dc">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-dc</a> >> > > > > -- > -Matthew Gallagher -- -Matthew Gallagher -- Ubuntu-us-dc mailing list Ubuntu-us-dc@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-dc">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-dc</a> </pre></body></html>