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Steam Now Has 1500 Linux-Compatible Game Titles

posted by cmn32480 on Monday September 21 2015, @08:13PM   
from the so-many-ways-to-waste-time dept.

"gewg_" writes:

Softpedia reports

Steam is the world's largest digital game distribution platform, supporting all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux or SteamOS, Valve's own distribution derived from the acclaimed Debian GNU/Linux OS.

[...] There are approximately 6,500 titles in the Steam library. Almost all of them are being supported on the Microsoft Windows platform, a little over 2,300 have support for the Mac OS X operating system, and 1,500 titles offer support for Valve's SteamOS and any other GNU/Linux distribution out there.

[...] Even more good news: [...] Many other games will have support for the Linux platform soon, mainly because Valve will finally release its Steam Machines gaming console / personal computer in November, which will be powered by the company's Debian-based SteamOS GNU/Linux operating system.

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Original Submission

• Re:And I still don't use linux on PCs Re:And I still don't use linux on PCs (Score: 1) by elixir on Tuesday September 22 2015, @12:16AM

  by elixir (5502) on Tuesday September 22 2015, @12:16AM (#239642)

  I personally do not consider android to be a form of Linux. Sure it uses the Linux kernel, but it goes against everything that Linux and UNIX stands for.

  I sit here strong running either Slackware or LinuxBBQ on all of my machines. From day-to-day tasks, to homework from my university, to gaming, I use GNU/Linux for it all.

  I live just fine in an apartment with no windows or apples :)

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• Re:And I still don't use linux on PCs (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @01:16AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @01:16AM (#239666)

  I see Android as a security stripped, dumbed down version of Linux. Kind of what Windows stands for.

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• Re:And I still don't use linux on PCs Re:And I still don't use linux on PCs (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @03:22AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @03:22AM (#239720)

  I live just fine in an apartment with no windows or apples :)

  And no significant other?

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  • Re:And I still don't use linux on PCs (Score: 2, Touché) by elixir on Tuesday September 22 2015, @06:13AM

    by elixir (5502) on Tuesday September 22 2015, @06:13AM (#239768)

    And no significant other?

    Indeed, with a significant other. My wife chooses to run GNU/Linux as well.

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