Steam on linux mentioned by Steam moderator

[Aradreth]

Great idea, but i dont think valve would allow it. Having people write their own 10000 different open source steam frontends written in gtk+ wouldnt sound good to them.

Don't forget the 5 in QT, 3 in ncurses, and 1 in tk.

[alex-weej]

And one in WinForms.NET just for the hell of it.

[Svartalf]

Don't forget the 5 in QT, 3 in ncurses, and 1 in tk.

And the one in Fltk... >:-D

[Thetargos]

But still all would be using the same backend which in the end I would think is a good thing... Still, probably too much hassle for them to bother.

[xav1r]

But still all would be using the same backend which in the end I would think is a good thing... Still, probably too much hassle for them to bother.

Yea, I know. I agree with your idea, i think it'd be awesome, turning steam into some sort of downloading technology, (BT like), and having people write custom frontends for it, but i think valve likes to have centralized control of their steam clients.

[xav1r]

...and damn, that's right, i forgot about those. Didnt Trolltech got bought out by another company btw? So tcl and tk are from one company now, i think.

[alex-weej]

Except Tcl and Tk have nothing to do with Trolltech. Trolltech develop Qt, and Nokia own Trolltech now.

[Aradreth]

And one in WinForms.NET just for the hell of it.

And the one in Fltk... >:-D

... I knew I was opening a can of worms with that one. Oh can't forget Swing...

Personally I would hope someone would write a frontend completely in spl, that would warrant a read through.

[Thetargos]

...And, there's always WxWidges , you know, for portability

[Svartalf]

...And, there's always WxWidges , you know, for portability

Heh... You're forgetting SWT, now...