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Steam gets first game on Linux

Player Attack: "Better late than never," laughs the Steam Linux Team, who has been hard at work porting the digital distribution service over to the new platform. Word on the street suggests that they're getting closer than ever to their goal, announcing an internal beta kicking off next week, with a "private external" launch sometime next month.

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thebudgetgamer4952d ago

Nice, if this works out and we see a lot of games go Linux it would save people a lot of money building custom computers.

darthv724952d ago

I have been so out of the PC side of things that I really thought this had been done a few years ago.

Last PC I built was in 08. Yeah i can laugh at that too.

Conzul4952d ago

The lack of major game support has been the only thing keeping me from using Linux full time. It would be sick if all the power-users/gamers made the switch to Linux because of this. I sure would.

I prefer Mint, btw.

thebudgetgamer4952d ago

I think Mint is based off Ubuntu, not sure if that means you can play through Mint though. Hopefuly.

andron4951d ago

Yes Mint all the way. And Steam on Linux will hopefully be great...

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Steam May Add 30-Day Price History to Improve Discount Transparency

Valve is reportedly updating its Steam platform to include a native 30-day price history feature on game store pages.

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Steam Hidden Object Fest 2026 Starts April 9 with Games and Demos

Put your trusty eyeballs to work during Steam Hidden Object Fest 2026. Grab huge discounts and free demos starting April 9 for your library.

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Built-In FPS Estimator Could Be Coming to Steam

Strings found in the latest update suggest games on the Steam Store could one day include performance estimates based on your hardware.

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