What the company plans to do is to first create “a fully-featured Steam client running on Ubuntu 12.04. Based on the success of our efforts around Ubuntu, we will look at supporting other distributions in the future.” This doesn’t mean that Ubuntu will be the only distribution we support. ![]() Secondly, Ubuntu is a popular distribution and has recognition with the general gaming and developer communities. It reduces the variability of the testing space and makes early iteration easier and faster. Why Ubuntu? The company explained, “First, we’re just starting development and working with a single distribution is critical when you are experimenting, as we are. At that time, the team only consisted of a few people whose main purpose was investigating the possibility of moving the Steam client and Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) over to Ubuntu.” In 2011, based on the success of those efforts and conversations in the hallway, we decided to take the next step and form a new team. At the time, the company was already using Linux by supporting Linux-based servers for Source-based games and also by maintaining several internal servers (running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu server) for various projects. “For some time, Gabe has been interested in the possibility of moving Steam and the Source game engine to Linux. ![]() Sound like your kind of job? Drop the company a note at: also described some of the project's history. The Steam on Linux team currently has 11 members, and they're looking to hire more developers. The company has been doing this since 2011. ![]() We are also investigating open source initiatives that could benefit the community and game developers.” This includes Linux ports of Steam and Valve games, as well as partner games. At long last, Valve revealed that it really has had a team working on porting Steam and its games to Linux.Īccording to Valve, “Our mission is to strengthen the gaming scene on Linux, both for players and developers. For years, Valve, creator of the Steam game engine and network and such popular Windows games as Assassin's Creed and The Elder Scrolls, has hinted that it was bring Steam and its games to Linux.
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