Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel of Phoronix

Re:Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel... by b0rsuk on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @10:34AM (#3889264)

I forgot one important point.

>Linux is the most powerful of the main three OSes but it also requires the most administration if you're doing much with it.

Too many weasel words to reply with certainty, but I like this one:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/29/munich_linux_savings... Munich's mayor claims €4m savings from Linux switch Lower costs and fewer support calls than Windows

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Re:Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel... by seanp2k2 on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @11:01AM (#3889375)

Point: there isn't much malware for Linux (and the virus scanners for it scan for /windows viruses/), and there is no easy dtrace/strace/lsof for Windows (afaik...sysinternals tools aside kinda.)

If all you really need is a web browser, mail client, IM client/Skype, a PDF reader, and libreOffice (try it before you knock it)...Linux is great for non-techies in office environments, and can be locked down very easily.

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Re:Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel... by Locke1689 on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @12:47PM (#3889860)

* dtrace/strace/lsof for Windows (afaik...sysinternals tools aside kinda.)*

StraceNT

Point: there isn't much malware for Linux

Windows 7 is probably more secure than vanilla Linux. iptables comes with no default configuration or configuration utility. POSIX.1e ACLs are less flexible than Windows ACEs.

Desktop Linux isn't targeted very often, but Linux servers are targeted and exploited all the time.

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Re:Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel... by jiggy2011 on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @04:23PM (#3890873)

True, if desktop Linux where to become mainstream you can expect many rogue PPAs containing malware as well as existing trusted repos becoming huge juicy attack targets.

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