Valve Celebrates Steam For Linux

[Joe Sixpack]

I haven't posted in ages but I still had to login just to say this:

Michael, you were right.

He's been saying for years that steam was coming and no one believed him (Valve's semi-denial didn't help). Well now it's here, and you called it...

[Veerappan]

It should be in your Linux library. It must be some bug, check again. Or maybe you have Half-Life: Source or something different?

There's a setup/preference option somewhere for showing beta software... Make sure you've got that enabled.

[necro-lover]

As long valve think that the catalyst is the official AMD hardware driver and not the official-build-in-Linux-radeon-driver so long they can wait for my money.

As long Valve thing closed source drivers are for anything useful than to flush the toilet so long I say to valve : Go fuck yourself!

Oh and I checked it multiple time team-fortress2 is not playable with the open-source driver.

Edit:Catalyst is like having AIDS it does not hurt you for many years but it will always fuck you so hard than you die because of this.

[Veerappan]

Oh and I checked it multiple time team-fortress2 is not playable with the open-source driver.

TF2 exposes a bug in the r600g DISCARD_RANGE code in Mesa... This bug causes the display to be full of artifacts both in the menu, and playing the game. Reverting a specific Mesa commit will clean up the display.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58042

There's also been a lot of fixes recently in Mesa and the kernel to prevent lock-ups that were being triggered. A recent 3.8rc kernel and mesa git master should improve a lot of things.

[nightmarex]

Too bad I already own all the ones I want. I always miss the sales. Oh well time to kill a bunch of CS newbs, later.

[necro-lover]

TF2 exposes a bug in the r600g DISCARD_RANGE code in Mesa... This bug causes the display to be full of artifacts both in the menu, and playing the game. Reverting a specific Mesa commit will clean up the display.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58042

There's also been a lot of fixes recently in Mesa and the kernel to prevent lock-ups that were being triggered. A recent 3.8rc kernel and mesa git master should improve a lot of things.

I use the kernel 3.8rc6 and i use a mesa git like driver.

But Who cares? the only point who do care is: valve lie to the people and tells them they should install the catalyst.

Its like a AIDS junkie tells other healthy people it is so much better to be a AIDS patient because then you get welfare because you are sick person.

No having aids or installing catalyst is not a solution !

Valve go fuck yourself! I'm sick of cheap excuses !

[BO$$]

I use the kernel 3.8rc6 and i use a mesa git like driver.

But Who cares? the only point who do care is: valve lie to the people and tells them they should install the catalyst.

Its like a AIDS junkie tells other healthy people it is so much better to be a AIDS patient because then you get welfare because you are sick person.

No having aids or installing catalyst is not a solution !

Valve go fuck yourself! I'm sick of cheap excuses !

You no longer die from HIV you idiot. And no closed source drivers are not the same with HIV nor cancer. Fucking zealot. Finally somebody turns he's attention to linux and you tell him to go fuck himself. You are the reason linux doesn't get off the ground. You and your fucking Stallman-like beliefs...

[necro-lover]

You no longer die from HIV you idiot.

Fit even better in comparison to the catalyst maybe no one die from the catalyst to.

And no closed source drivers are not the same with HIV nor cancer.

Really? i quote yourself: "You no longer die from HIV you idiot." and you don't die because of closed source drivers so its the same.

Both are diseases but catalyst is a mental one and HIV and cancer is a disease of the body.

Fucking zealot.

O dear BOSS I read so many responses of your posts and a lot of people just think that your intelligence is limited.

I'm sure right now you are on more ignore lists here on phoronix than my person.

Finally somebody turns he's attention to linux and you tell him to go fuck himself. You are the reason linux doesn't get off the ground. You and your fucking Stallman-like beliefs...

I switch to Linux 9 years ago this means I get the point what valve realizes 9 years before them.

Does this make me dumber than them only because i get it 9 years faster?

Try to Extra polish this information on the tropic from now one in 9 years the mental slow people @ valve get the point and switch to open-source drivers? LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

and be sure valve is just "slow" but you are really stupid.

[asdx]

You no longer die from HIV you idiot. And no closed source drivers are not the same with HIV nor cancer. Fucking zealot. Finally somebody turns he's attention to linux and you tell him to go fuck himself. You are the reason linux doesn't get off the ground. You and your fucking Stallman-like beliefs...

necro-lover is right, radeon is the best AMD driver and everyone knows that, it's much better than the piece of shit catalyst/fglrx blob. And not just for FOSS reasons, but because I love the "out of the box" experience I get with radeon.

I also love the peace of mind I get by knowing my driver is in the kernel, and that I'm using the FOSS stack, rather than a shitty blob module that replaces 90% of the FOSS stack.

Valve should be supporting and pushing companies like AMD to improve their open source driver. Fuck them for chosing the catalyst/fglrx/blob way.

[asdx]

Also, I can't wait for Steam Linux games to start appearing in http://thepiratebay.se/. There's no fucking way I'm paying for commercial DRM crap.