Gabe Newell Showing Valve On Linux To Partners

[entropy]

On a side note: Valve will start its new Greenlight project soon.

Seems like they are still afraid to mention Linux

What systems must my game run on?

To remain in Steam Greenlight and qualify for distribution via Steam, your game must at least run on a Windows PC.
You can be also developing for any other platform you like, but we are only able to support PC & Mac releases at this time.

[rustybroomhandle]

On a side note: Valve will start its new Greenlight project soon.

Seems like they are still afraid to mention Linux

Would be kinda pointless for them to start pushing Linux when their Linux client is not yet finished / released.

[entropy]

Would be kinda pointless for them to start pushing Linux when their Linux client is not yet finished / released.

I'd fully agree if they had written

"To remain in Steam Greenlight and qualify for distribution via Steam, your game must run on Windows PC or Mac."

Instead they more or less encourage submissions of "other platforms".

[smitty3268]

I'd fully agree if they had written


Instead they more or less encourage submissions of "other platforms".

I'm not sure i understand. They state that project must run on windows, because that's where the vast majority of money is and they are a business trying to make money. Then they state the fact that currently steam works on both windows and macs.

I'm not sure what people wanted.

[Svartalf]

So we have...

- A video driver debacle
- A kernel that changes every three minutes
- A sound system that consistently produces audio skips
- Window managers and desktop environments that simply don't work

Now ask oneself... what could possibly go wrong?

Microsoft and Apple seem to have gotten by with that for a long time... >:-D