Photos Of Steamworks On Linux

For those not in Vancouver for LinuxCon North America 2011, here are exclusive photos of Steamworks on Linux.

Yes, finally, it's photographs of Steamworks on Linux.

In particular, it's Steamworks running directly on top of Linux! No Wine is involved. The Linux release happens to be Maemo.

The Steamworks build is codenamed "Lion's Gate Lager" and it's quite a good release.

Get ready...

Well, Steamworks happens to be a local brewery in Vancouver not far from where LinuxCon is taking place. Their beer is good, as is their food, at least the wild salmon (but not as good as in Norway). So yes, it is true, it is Steamworks Lions Gate Lager directly on top of a Nokia N900 running Maemo Linux.

If your hopes were raised thinking this was photos of Valve's Steam game client on Linux, you are out of luck today. There's also Valve's Steamworks, which is their publishing and development suite for the Steam platform. For now you will just need to see the real Steam Linux client screenshots from last year and keep waiting a bit longer for other things to happen. But I can attest the area around Bellevue is nice, as discovered last month along with their bad food.

The "Steamworks on Linux" was just a prelude to some other notes:

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