Steam Linux Beta Goes Public

[Niksy]

Fuck yeah, now I wont have to use this shitty proprietary OS anymore!
FUCK YOU WINDOWS, RIP IN PEACE 1998-2012.

YEAH! REST IN PEACE IN PEACE!

 

[FAST6191]

I guess I've been out of the PC gaming loop for too long ...
Do companies actually MAKE Linux builds of commercial games ... or is this just hoping that the idea catches on?

A handful of companies did port games to linux, steam have been pushing opengl (and given it is more weaning companies off directX that takes the effort that is no bad thing*) and a few companies seem to appreciate having something mostly working on WINE then kind of.
As others said quite a few of the smaller indie type games quite often come with support for such things right out of the box too.

*I reckon I could argue openGL is as good as directX video for the most part even if drivers are not all the way there on occasions. Sound (which directx handles very well) on linux when spread across ALSA, OSS and a few other choice pieces of nonsense is a different matter.

As for the matter at hand it is certainly not bad news although I do not use steam as it does not seem like something I would really want.

 

[Rydian]

ITT: People think Steam is an OS and don't realize that Steam being on Linux won't make Windows-only games that didn't work before suddenly start working.

 

[WhoRuJudge]

Killing Floor ($9.99/$19.99 with DLC)

I would like to throw a vote in for Killing Floor. Great game. Now I need to build a new box to install linux to, in order to try this out...
Where are all my old parts?

 

[The Riolu]

Finally I'm gonna hit this up on my Fedora 17 installation when it gets ported.