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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Steam coming to Linux with Left 4 Dead 2.

    Valve has muttered and murmured about bringing Steam and its Source engine to Linux before, and now it's revealed the plan--port Steam and Left 4 Dead 2 to Ubuntu 12.04, then work from there.
    Jul 17, 2012 6:00am PDT
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Steam coming to Linux with Left 4 Dead 2.

    Valve has muttered and murmured about bringing Steam and its Source engine to Linux before, and now it's revealed the plan--port Steam and Left 4 Dead 2 to Ubuntu 12.04, then work from there. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • psssht gurl.... steam aint comin to linux... linux is comin to steam! : dfz0r
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      This is all well and good and its good of them to do this but what about the hundreds of non-valve games ... : Saleck
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        Its a start? : dlr(2)This person is cool!
        • Yep. You gotta start somewhere for sure. It'll be interesting to see how they tackle it. : Saleck
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        It's identical to the situation of Steam on Mac. : flasher 907This person is cool!
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          Yep, except the Mac side of things is coming on pretty well... I have 75 games in my Steam account for my... : doglikesparky
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            That's the point he was trying to make. The Linux side of things doesn't even exist yet. : ZekThis person is cool!
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              Pretty much everything in the Humble Bundle also works on Linux. It isn't anything like the PC or Mac sel... : Serpico74This person is cool!
              • Everything in Humble Bundle 5 works in Linux, meaning Bastion, Limbo, Amnesia, Psychonauts, Super Meat Bo... : Serpico74This person is cool!
          • I have so many games on my Mac now, it's not even funny. : Rice-RocketeerThis person is cool!
      • Humble Bundle has grown my linux game collection quite a lot this year and all of those games are on Stea... : melkoreThis person is cool!
    • I am glad they officially announced it. I was kind of getting annoyed by the back and forth rumors on sev... : TheEmissary
    • Of course, the only downside of this is that we'll have rogue Linux copies of Civ IV and GTAIII appearing... : doglikesparky