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  That ship sailed sir. : baron calamity
  • you're mean : johnsto
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  there was a post about a linux client on hacker news a while back. : dextius
  • there's a story on phoronix about twice a week about the linux client...it's certainly not dead : flasher 907
• http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODIzMA Hopefully we'll see some official announcement... : aqtrans
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  Yeah, because an OS which is used by less then 1% of people is definitely worth Valve's time. : UMG
  • It's not really about the OS, it's about the unit's they'll move on it. I believe when they finally rele... : kiddygrinder
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    OSX has like 5% market share dude : retarded talking dinosaur
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      Its actually 12% in North America. Also consider that a huge chunk of the Windows installation base is in... : Serpico74
      • best post. thank you for outlining that. : fw_rams
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  writing a virus for Linux is really hard. And that's not necessarily a good thing. You see, a virus ne... : MamiyaOtaru
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    there's heaps of proprietary software for linux. you have no idea what you're talking about. : kiddygrinder
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      1: I used nothing but Linux for 4 years
      2: I was quoting a humor blog
      
      But the point still stands. I'm sorry you can't help but take hyperbole literally. Yeah wow there is actually some proprietary software for Linux that totally means it's just as easy to create as it would be for Windows and totally worth it given the market size (hint: this is sarcasm. It's sort of related to hyperbole).
      
      It is hard to get software to run across many forms of Linux, harder than getting software to run across Windows. Creating a Privateer Remake binary to run easily on many distros was a massive pain in the ass. It was easier for me to make a Windows binary while using Linux than it was to make a Linux binary that would run on more than my distro. It's easier to run the Windows client for Unreal Tournament on Linux than it is to run the Linux client. On and on.
      
      The existence of some proprietary software does not negate the point, that it is massively more difficult (due to platform variability) on Linux than on Windows, which combined with the vanishingly small potential market keeps most companies from giving a shit, and I bet Valve will be among them.

      May 11, 2010 3:43pm PDT
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      1: I used nothing but Linux for 4 years 2: I was quoting a humor blog But the point still stands. I : MamiyaOtaru
      • I agree. Porting serious platform like Steam to Linux would suck for whoever is doing it. The largest Lin... : anal justice
      • tbh it looked like a half serious troll, which is why i spent so little time on replying. mostly my repl... : kiddygrinder