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Re:Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel... by NickPollard on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @06:46AM (#3888498)
Anecdotal, but I am exactly one of these people - I dual boot, and the only reason I have Windows is for games. Then when you suggest this to others, the dual boot puts them off, and they don't want to be without games either.

Now there's a long way from 'Steam client for Linux' to 'Most AAA games available on Linux', but that is definitely the largest problem facing Linux adoption on the desktop.

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Re:Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel... by freehunter on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @08:31AM (#3888796)
A couple times a year I blow away my Windows install and go Linux-only. Then a AAA game comes out, and VMWare just doesn't cut it. I've recently gotten tired of Skyrim and put it away for a while, but then the GW2 beta is this weekend...
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