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

[Michael]

Guys, it's still coming...

[benmoran]

Guys, it's still coming...

I hope so. I bought a few Source engine games. I figured if it comes, great. If not they'll always work under wine.


On that note, Win is quite interesting. It's becoming the Dosbox for Win32+ stuff. A lot of super old games work better under Wine than on Windows XP or later. Thanks to prefix management, it's possible to set up a "snapshot" with a specific Wine version, so they're pretty much guaranteed to run forever.

[theclappyman]

Guys, it's still coming...

Your are lying through your teeth...

[thebwt]

Your are lying through your teeth...

you are a troll

[theclappyman]

you are a troll

I can be anything you want me to be

More importantly, I am annoyed that Phronix is publishing "news" about a yet to be announced by Valve Linux client.
There is no justification for his articles. No proof == lies. It's quite simple, really.

A hacked Linux client proves very little in terms of an actual company supported Linux client. What happend to the working WOW/UT3 client? The respective companies didn't want to support them, resulting in no game clients. Same story here I suspect, though I assume nothing is happening considering there is no proof to suspect otherwise.

[thebwt]

No proof == lies. It's quite simple, really.

*chuckle*

A hacked Linux client proves very little in terms of an actual company supported Linux client.

how was that client hacked?

[theclappyman]

*chuckle*
A lie is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement, especially with the intention to deceive others, often with the further intention to maintain a secret or reputation, protect someone's feelings or to avoid a punishment or repercussion for one's actions.

how was that client hacked?

It was an employee hacked up job that could not even render pages correctly. I speak of "hack" in the context of a bad release, not an actual "hacked" client. Should have made myself clearer.

[benmoran]

It was an employee hacked up job that could not even render pages correctly. I speak of "hack" in the context of a bad release, not an actual "hacked" client.

Where is your proof that it was an "employee hacked up job"?

Remember, No proof == lies.

[Yfrwlf]

What I wanted to say is that they lack an "official" confirmation that what they claim is true. They just claim it to be true but can not provide an official statement or anything else supporting their claim.

That's what the definition of the term official means, that the actual source responsible has made a statement, and there is no statement so you cannot use that word. If Michael received such a statement, then it's only official for him unless he shares that statement. Putting files up on an FTP server or where ever they are is not official support, and them even saying they have no plans for supporting Linux right now is an official statement against them supporting Linux. So, it's official, Valve has said they have no plans to support Linux! That's all that is official right now.

Guys, it's still coming...

Maybe so, but it's not official yet. What you did was untruthful reporting, and if you keep it up you'll see your web traffic wane, at least for those wanting factual, reliable, truthful news. I'm sure traffic is up though just because of the circus this created.

P.S. Where ever money flows you can usually expect the truth to be bent, if even just a little, so I never did 100% trust Phoronix for reviews and news but still visit for the nuggets of truth which actually do exist.

P.P.S. Official Of*fi"cial, a. [L. officialis: cf. F. officiel. See Office, and cf. Official, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine. [1913 Webster]

[kraftman]

Remember, No proof == lies.

Just a note: no proof !=lies.