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Re:Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel... by seanp2k2 on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @10:50AM (#3889336)
Currently, games are /the only/ thing holding me and a few people I know back from Linux as our only desktop os. At work, we're at ~90% Linux usage for desktops and >99% for servers.
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Re:Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel... by dkersten on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @11:08AM (#3889405)
Agreed. I keep a windows install around mainly to play games. I also use it to test Windows desktop applications that I occasionally write, but I'd happily use a VM for that if I didn't have a windows install.
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Re:Valve is developing Steam for Linux, says Michael Larabel... by Tsagadai on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @09:31PM (#3891952)
Games is pretty much it for me too. I run Linux at home in a VM (because I'm more comfortable in Linux now than Windows) on Windows so I can get native performance in games. Steam for Linux is definitely a good thing.
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