Steam Client for Linux

by t0b • 29 Nov 2008, 14:09 • Journals
Looks like those old rumors are true and Valve is finally porting steam to linux:
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Panda 29 Nov 2008, 14:10
Shame that Steam sucks :{
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OfficerCohen 29 Nov 2008, 14:13
lol
but they are best options to buy games in israel
since every game cost twice cuz of tax :<

and with steam its like not :*
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jonas 29 Nov 2008, 14:15
but the program itself sucks :P
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OfficerCohen 29 Nov 2008, 14:17
yes lol
steam dont have servers in israel :D

so the download speed for some is rly poor
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lots of crushing :x
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h8m3 29 Nov 2008, 16:29
in russia 90% of games cost 10euro or less
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OfficerCohen 29 Nov 2008, 16:58
100euro here D: (console games)
pc games are 60euro
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PetriP-TNT 29 Nov 2008, 14:25
Very interesting if real. About the time too, eventhough Steam works really well on wine but native version would be sweeeet
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romah 29 Nov 2008, 14:36
finally :XD
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OfficerCohen 29 Nov 2008, 14:42
but the games from steam doesnt support linux?
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oBs 29 Nov 2008, 14:45
some of them do (e.g., id software's games).
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im a tree 29 Nov 2008, 14:43
Could be awesome, but I doubt they are porting the Source engine?

So... how would they handle that, running CS would run wine? :P
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Deactivated5169 29 Nov 2008, 15:56
meez where can i contact you on mirc? got some questions about linux n stuff
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im a tree 29 Nov 2008, 16:01
on rizon or quakenet
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Deactivated5169 29 Nov 2008, 16:10
which channel on quakenet
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im a tree 29 Nov 2008, 16:19
you could just /q me
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Deactivated5169 29 Nov 2008, 17:00
if i would know your nickname on irc...

but nvm...
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im a tree 29 Nov 2008, 17:03
EH...

that doesn't even make sense, why would I have some random unrelated name?
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Deactivated5169 29 Nov 2008, 17:33
you could have Meez`, -Meez, m33z , ...or some tag randomtag|meez


nvm
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PetriP-TNT 29 Nov 2008, 19:36
I think that Source engine already supports linux to some degree
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artlove 29 Nov 2008, 16:25
great now everyone on cs plays with undetected hax
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ekso 29 Nov 2008, 16:25
these files come with hlds/srcds (dedicated linux server for half life games)
they're used by the servers to communicate with steam, there's nothing indicating valve works on making a steam player client.
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t0b 29 Nov 2008, 16:39
QuoteThe Left 4 Dead playable demo has twenty Linux library files shipping with the client (not simply the dedicated server version) and among them were steamclient_linux.so, studiorender_i486.so, vstdlib_i486.so, libsteam_api_linux.so, and engine_i486.so.

QuoteFurther reiterating a point from our previous article, Postal III is being released in 2009 by Running With Scissors. Vince Desi, the CEO of Running With Scissors, has officially confirmed that Postal III will be available for Linux and it too uses Valve's Source Engine.
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