Fuduntu Gaming: A Steaming pile of fun!

July 27, 2012 by 7 Comments

My thoughts on Steam coming to Linux? About fucking time!

My thoughts on Steam being exclusive to Ubuntu for the time being? Come on, man! There’s Linux beyond Ubuntu, you know?!

Sure… Ubuntu is still the one Linux based OS with the highest user base and I also can’t argue it has been part of the driving force for mainstream “Linux-awareness”. I know… But come on, man! I’m really dying to get my hands on a “distro free” Steam client, you know, like Linux veteran digital distribution service Desura?

Speaking of Desura, some people are claiming that with Steam coming to Linux, Desura will pretty much die or be absorbed by Valve… Somehow I don’t think it’s going to be the case. You see, Steam holds the largest share of digital games distribution in Windows, while Desura holds the Linux market almost exclusively. sure Steam will drain some customers from Desura, but competition is always good, both to the end user and the companies themselves. Friendly competition may just be the kickstart of a new age in the OSS side of the OS market, the Tux Gaming Age!

Don’t agree? Think I missed a few interesting points? Let us know in the comments.

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About Pedro Mateus
Pedro “M4t3us” Mateus is a gamer at heart and no OS is going to keep him from his passion. When he's not banging his head against the nearest wall while trying to revolutionize the world of Linux gaming he tags along with Venn Stone and Jordan Cwang on LinuxGameCast.com.

  • Guestduntu

    Sorry, why should Linux users be cheerleading the adoption of Steam, a DRM enforcement tool? I’m not a gamer, but in point of fact, the last game I purchased was one in the Half Life series released through Steam. I never got to play it. My hardware at the time was incapable of running the game properly, and although I still have the box and the DVD, but they’re obviously useless to me now as I don’t have my Steam account details. 

    • Guestduntu

      Additionally, when I discovered the game wouldn’t work for me, I couldn’t even sell it on to someone else thanks to Steam. Brilliant.

    • http://www.fewt.com/ Fewt

      Another way to look at it is – why shouldn’t we?  Being a Linux users and developers doesn’t automatically make us card carrying proprietary software haters.  :)

      We should cheerlead any progression in the space proprietary or otherwise.

  • mhangman

    I’m a gamer, if steam works on linux it can bring alot of users it is good thing.

  • http://fredrikfritteandersson.wordpress.com/ Fredrik Andersson

    Gaming is still going strong, head over to the forums..we got a thread there for the Humble Bundles ;)

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  • http://twitter.com/zsilicsabi Csaba Zsilák

    i’d like to game in linux..then i gonna delete my windows.. its true!

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