Linux It's Official: Valve Releasing Steam, Source Engine For Linux!

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Gaurish

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[URL="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=valve_steam_announcement&num=1" said:
source[/URL]]Valve Corporation has today rolled out their Steam Mac OS X client to the general public and confirmed something we have been reporting for two years: the Steam content delivery platform and Source Engine are coming to Linux. This news is coming days after we discovered proof in Steam's Mac OS X Client of Linux support and subsequently found more Linux references and even the unreleased Steam Linux client. The day has finally come and Linux gamers around the world have a reason to rejoice, as this is the biggest news for the Linux gaming community that sees very few tier-one titles.

Those enthusiasts within the Phoronix community even managed to get the unreleased Steam Linux client running up to a partially drawn UI and other modifications, but now that work can stop as Valve is preparing to officially release the Steam Linux client from where they will start to offer Linux native games available for sale.
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Long Story short,

After rollout of stream on Mac. They are releasing a Linux version.

Q) Are you willing to switch if good titles are offered on Linux?

[Update]

Clarification for state of Graphics drivers on Linux:

There are three main companies for graphics today. let talk about their support for Linux

Nvidia: Provides high quality binary drivers, which needs to be installed separably but its gives best performance.can be used for gaming.

Intel: Provides good Open Source drivers, which do need need to installed. works out of the box. not powerful for gaming.

ATI: AMD is notorious for proving bad quality drivers on Windows, same case here.Their support is spotty. supported card list here . page 2 or 3
 
I wish only if graphics drivers on Linux were as good as their Windows counterpart.

It is the most important factor which will break or make Linux gaming scene.

I am optimistic though.
 
techno_funky said:
Seriously, I bought a ATI HD 5670 and ubuntu throws a blank screen at me, searched and found that ubuntu does not support my card.
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the support for your card seems to be adeed in latest version 10.4 by ATI.check the supported card list here . page 2 or 3
 
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