Steam Beta for Ubuntu May Arrive in October

[TuffLittleUnit]

Hmmm ... not sure I really fancy a return to the days of technical jiggery pokery to get a game to run. Quite often optimising AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS so that you could run the game with your SoundBlaster, mouse and joystick was more satisfying than completing the game. Win7 is an awesome platform when you sit back and look objectively at what it provides.

 

[paulemannsen]

finally a reason to try linux. ty valve.

 

[deanjo]

[citation][nom]TuffLittleUnit[/nom]Hmmm ... not sure I really fancy a return to the days of technical jiggery pokery to get a game to run. Quite often optimising AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS so that you could run the game with your SoundBlaster, mouse and joystick was more satisfying than completing the game. Win7 is an awesome platform when you sit back and look objectively at what it provides.[/citation]

Your post is proof that "ignorance is bliss" if you think getting a game to run on Linux requires technical jiggly.

 

[proffet]

this will be BIG....

I'm concerned about all the bugs and compatibility issues at first.
but believe me when I say and mean this, GOODLUCK with it.
not to be too skeptical but Linux and gaming hasn't really taken off yet, not to Windows level..