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Oct 29, 2012, 05:42 PM
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Valve: Linux More Viable Than Windows 8 for Gaming
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Oct 29, 2012, 05:45 PM
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I can't wait for Steam to come to Linux. Once the Source games work on Linux systems, I'm going to move to Linux Mint on my laptop. Portal & Portal 2 are the only things keeping it on Windows 7 now.
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Oct 29, 2012, 05:53 PM
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Pay attention to this part...
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Oct 29, 2012, 05:59 PM
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Oct 29, 2012, 05:59 PM
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^ whats your point with that? Valve almost NEVER gives a set release date for anything ever lol. aka its Valve time lol
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Oct 29, 2012, 06:03 PM
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I know. Valve time dictates that soon™ lies somewhere between 2 months and eternity in time.
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Oct 29, 2012, 06:26 PM
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Take f.ex. BackTrack - perfect for network security testing (firewall, intrusion etc.) So my hope is that Valve got this thing right......a nother step in beeing Windows free.... 
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Ubunto is a great desktop (despite being a bit bloated) so I recommend MINT to those with lower spec machines or who don't want to bother with installing Flash,etc. Steam has always worked really well for me using WINE. L4D2, TF2, Portal2 all run really great using WINE so I can't wait to get true support from Valve and the open source community. |
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