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    News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Celebratory opening sale announced, with 50 to 80 per cent off many games.
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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    This is brilliant news! Thanks Valve!
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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Yes, but, what games currently work in Steam for Linux? The article suggests that game developers have to specifically support Linux, so the situation has not changed very much at all.

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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Quote Originally Posted by valhar2000 View Post
    Yes, but, what games currently work in Steam for Linux?
    Amnesia: The Dark Descent
    And Yet It Moves
    Anomaly: Warzone Earth
    Aquaria
    Bastion
    Closure
    Cogs
    Conquest of Elysium 3
    Counter-Strike
    Counter-Strike: Source
    Crusader Kings II
    Cubemen
    Darwinia
    DEFCON
    Defender’s Quest: Valley of the Forgotten
    Droid Assault
    Dungeons of Dredmor
    Dwarfs!?
    Dynamite Jack
    Eversion
    Frozen Synapse
    FTL: Faster Than Light
    Galcon Fusion
    Hacker Evolution Duality
    Half-Life
    Harvest: Massive Encounter
    iBomber Attack
    iBomber Defense Pacific
    Intrusion 2
    Killing Floor
    Lume
    Magical Diary
    Multiwinia
    Osmos
    Penumbra: Black Plague
    Penumbra: Requiem
    Penumbra: Overture
    POSTAL 2 Complete
    Psychonauts
    Puddle
    Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-15
    Revenge of the Titans
    Serious Sam 3: BFE
    Solar 2
    Space Pirates and Zombies
    SpaceChem
    Splice
    Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
    Spectraball
    Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
    Team Fortress 2
    The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
    The Book of Unwritten Tales
    The Clockwork Man: The Hidden World
    The Clockwork Man
    The Journey Down: Chapter One
    The Polynomial - Space of the music
    Tiny and Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers
    Titan Attacks!
    Towns
    Trine 2
    Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
    Uplink
    Waveform
    X3: Reunion
    World of Goo
    Zen Bound 2

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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Obviously the PC isn't going anywhere as the primary computer OS for gaming but I think it's nice that the support is there. Plus, with SteamPlay, if I ever get a linux box for gaming, I know the titles I have bought that have multi-OS support will work without needing an additional copy.

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    Thumbs up Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Just tried TF2 to see if it worked and was amazed it ran without hassle first time.

    I also got a Tux in my inventory which Steam says isn't tradeable but in the press release says is. Not that I'm into collecting online tat, just wanted to give it to someone I know who does

    PS Some of my previously purchased Windows games (Penumbra, Cave Story, Amnesia) appear in the Linux library but others that have Linux versions (Darwinia, Multiwinia) don't.

    PPS Using Ubuntu 12.04 32bit on an old Nforce board, Core2: some errors logged relating to Steam libraries but didn't crash PC or cause any system instability. Complete Noob @ Linux btw
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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Good news!
    This should really bring more development and interest into Linux based platforms now

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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Wow, X3 Reunion on linux? pretty good. Shame its not X3 Terran Conflict. But if you've not tried it and can get it cheap on the sale give it a go It's a great space sim.

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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Thanks directhex for that list - didn't realise the support was so extensive.

    Got me thinking now whether I can slap a drive on the side of my Windows/Gaming PC and give this a spin. Ubuntu is my main OS anyway (Windows being relegated to gaming and one or two programs - like Paperport - that don't have valid Linux equivalents.)

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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Fabulous news! I can't wait for all of my Valve games to come along! I own the Half-Life 2 games, the Left 4 Dead games, the Portal games, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, and DOTA2 but have only actually played Team Fortress 2 and an ever so tiny bit of Left 4 Dead. When I heard the news that Steam is coming to Linux, I decided to postpone playing them even further. Hope it happens soon!

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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Quote Originally Posted by crossy View Post
    Thanks directhex for that list - didn't realise the support was so extensive.
    List is out of date. New games are being added daily. e.g. Gear Up added since i pasted up that list

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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Would love to see PlanetSide 2 ported to Linux now !

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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    This really is great news. Something that I've been hoping would happen for years!


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    Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    Well i'm gobsmacked. Even when they issued the press release way back, i didnt honestly believe that they'd be able to gather the depth of games required for it to be meaningful, but here they are.
    Even if literally nothing else is developed to support this, this is an absolute sucess right there - i know so many people who wont go with Linux because of the final stumbling block - no games support. Now that has gone, I think that Valve could become credited with bringing Linux finally to where it deserves to be - on a par with any other modern OS.
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    This is awesome news! Getting ever closer to that moment I remove W7 from my dual boot.

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    Thumbs up Re: News - Valve releases Steam for Linux Ubuntu client software

    As a non-Linux user for the most part, I've now got an instant collection of 30 Linux games already (a dozen bought in the current sale). That's pretty impressive IMHO ; just waiting on a few more like Day of Defeat: Source and Left 4 Dead to appear (as I thought L4D and most Source-based titles would be on the launch list tbh).

    Looking forward to the Steam Box, wonder why it's taking so long...

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