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Re: Steam for linux: Beta on Ubuntu 12.04

As it's still in beta, I'm hoping that is the plan for final publish. To have all titles running on linux.

reply to DannyZ
All right!

reply to Snakeoil
Anyone have a link, or know the requirements to get something like TFC2 going?
Specifically video drivers. I'm currently running 64bit distro with nvidia GPU & nouveau drivers.
*EDIT* NM, I see there's a linux forum at steam.
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I Finally got it installed onto one of my linux computers .. (here at work).. installed TFC2.. but i got one of those wonderful errors about video drivers.. Now hunting for the 304.48 video driver on this older card and see if i can get the game up and running.. If it works, i've got a lot of work to do this long weekend at my house.. Installing U:12.04.. upgrading my system and then installing Steam..

Hopefully it will all work and i will be playing games on Saturday afternoon..
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If you open up System Settings->Additional Drivers you should be able to install newer drivers than what is installed by default. That's how I did it in Ubuntu 12.04 with my nvidia card.

Yeah i upgraded to the 304 "Experimental Drivers" but it is not the most up to date version that Steam wants. I think i found them i just need to download & setup the drivers when i dont have 10 other things on this computer :\

reply to Snakeoil

Doubt everything that is on Steam will be released to the Linux client since most doesn't even work on Wine.

But if they can get everything that has already been released on Linux:
the Valve back catalog

Everything that works in DOSBox

What can be natively ported that has already had it's game engine ported they would be in pretty good shape with a mix of new and old games.

If Valve partners with the Wine team then we may see more working pseudo-ports as well.

Either way, the more games the more users buying them, the larger the surface area for Linux and thus the more likely we see more native ports of new games. Native ports being the ideal if they are actually going to make a console and have it based on Linux.

I guess the port of Square Enix's The Last Remnant will never happen, but it can be playable in Wine if not for fullscreen gaming.

reply to intok
I still don't see why gog and steam don't have all their games that use dosbox on linux already, dosbox already has a linux version.

I can see a lot of stuff coming to linux, sure not everything, but eventually most of that will work in wine. I would love if valve helped the wine team, that would be perfect.

Patience young padawan, the force is strong with Valve.

I think their structure has a lot to do with it. A successful horizontal organization is a very powerful and empowering thing. »www.businessweek.com/articles/20···at-valve

reply to cpsycho
I know, and I really am glad they are. Hey, maybe they can even kick amd/ati in to gear and get us some good linux drivers.

for some reason there is something different about them from other game companies, even other DDers for games.

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