more steam forum news

[Soap Mactavish]

A member of the Valve staff has confirmed that steam WILL NOT be ported to Linux. Ever.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1409053&page=3

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/23/valve-denies-having-a-linux-version-of-steam-in-the-works/

also, more mac market share news from valve.

At launch mac reported around a 11% market share. now it is around 5%. some people claim its because of a buggy client on the mac side but i just assume it is because people wanted to get back to their PCs games.

discuss.

[aeria.]

The mac port of Steam and its source games were downright buggy at launch. The only reason I used it was to get the TF2 earphones.

After that, I went back to using it on Windows 7. I find the Source Engine to run terribly on Mac OS X. It's only playable once I turn most of the settings down. It runs far better in Windows.


As for the linux port, it's not really needed thanks to Wine.

[Soap Mactavish]

yea and i figure if a guy is using linux he doesnt care much for mw2.

[aeria.]

Just for the record, MW2 works decently on Linux.

[Soap Mactavish]

i meant the type of user that would use linux vs the type who would be gaming

[aeria.]

The average Linux user is a fanboy of free, open-source software.

That's why it contributes to virtually none of the computer OS market, nothing is free.

[Soap Mactavish]

Android is...

OH and the lollipops on the teachers desk in math

[aeria.]

Android is...

OH and the lollipops on the teachers desk in math

Those lollipops came from the taxes that mommy and daddy paid.

[Soap Mactavish]

so thats what our tax dollars pay for...DARN I MISSED THAT QUESTION IN MY CIVICS TEST

[Darth Verik]

Wow, i mean you two have a lot of fun here i see.

btw, it's good teachers are being payed from our tax dollars, other way we would have no education and other way i wouldn't get payed in the future XD