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Re:Is 2013, the year of Linux gaming? by dasloop on Friday February 15, 2013 @09:59AM (#5226427)
The year of Linux gaming? no. Will Valve use Linux for a gaming console? Yes. Similar but not the same.
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Re:Is 2013, the year of Linux gaming? by jiggy2011 on Friday February 15, 2013 @10:03AM (#5226453)
Not sure if I see the distinction. Whenever a linux based system becomes popular for some use people always seem to make the claim "but that's not really Linux". I'm not really sure what the definition of real Linux is.

Besides, it would seem that whatever games are made available for steambox would be binary compatible with other Linux distributions anyway (and software for other Linux distros should run on steambox) unless they do something really crazy with it.

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Re:Is 2013, the year of Linux gaming? by dagw on Friday February 15, 2013 @10:37AM (#5226632)
Not sure if I see the distinction.

For me the distinction is, can I play the game on my computer running my distro of choice, or can I only play it on the Steambox, which happens to be running Linux.

it would seem that whatever games are made available for steambox would be binary compatible with other Linux distributions

I have seen nothing that would indicate this one way or the other.

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Re:Is 2013, the year of Linux gaming? by jiggy2011 on Friday February 15, 2013 @11:03AM (#5226781)
It would seem odd for them to launch the Linux client with the fanfare that they did and then pull the rug out from under everyone once the Steambox is launched, though I suppose it could happen. Besides making Steambox fundamentally incompatible would actually be more work than using standard parts.

Regards distros, they don't seem to mind people repackaging for other distros though it would be unrealistic to expect support for running the games under every conceivable distro of which there are thousands.

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Re:Is 2013, the year of Linux gaming? by dasloop on Friday February 15, 2013 @10:36AM (#5226626)
Why Valve will be interested in Linux gaming? A linux based console (or whatever a console will be in 2013) makes sense and, as a by-product, supporting some Linux distros (mainly for development). I can imagine that not all the distros will be supported. So, Ubuntu gaming maybe.
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