Valve was a amazing company when they were using the Quake engine. I'm sure this was said already but who wants buggy steam on our stable Linux anyway. Let unstable windows have an unstable steam so valve can have slight hope that it cancels out the the crashing. I'm still waiting to this day for my favorites to work in steam instead of deleting them selfs on reboot.
God for bid a software company with all those millions of dollars would have to *gasp*, PROGRAM. Electronic Arts releases commercial games for Mac OS X that run on f**king WINE. Valve wouldn't have to port anything (not that that should be a problem if they software was written properly) just fix bugs here and there and make sure s**t works with wine, it's not hard, and would pay for itself multiple times over.
I've played in CAL and Valve _HAS_ ruined Counter Strike. For the first two years their support was shoddy at best, it took them over a year to get all four player models available in the game something that would've taken not even two weeks in the open source world or not even a month and a half under a decent company like ID.It's the same s**tty support even today.
This has been a long running problem on the steam forums, they don't screen their moderators well.If you try to have a conversation about something, they lock it without good reason. So what if Valve doesn't intend to port it to linux, why does that make it illegal to simply discuss? Someone could post a guide on Wine, or other things could be brought to the discussion, but banning people for discussing it is stupid.
.005%? Try 5%. Linux is definitely more popular than trolls like you want people to think. And as of 2008 it is definitely the fastest growing desktop OS, with Windows being the fastest shrinking. People are starting to wake up to what computing is actually meant to be like. Not crash-prone, slow, or buggy like Windows led them to believe. But fast, reliable, stable, and secure. Four things even Windows 7 doesn't deliver.Valve may be exercising their right not to port to Linux, but rights don't protect your from criticism. Valve in 2007 was being shortsighted not porting steam and the source engine to Linux. In another ten years they would be kicking themselves for not grabbing the bull by the horns when Windows does what Internet Explorer is doing now: Fighting against inevitable decline against a completely free and open alternative. IE's down to 60%, which is a generous statistic. And it lost its market share to Firefox. Now we're seeing it happen in Windows vs. Linux. Windows is LOSING market share to Linux. Late 2008 saw Windows drop below 89% desktop market share for the first time since 1993. This is big. And it is 2010 now when I write this comment. Windows has likely lost even more, though I haven't seen any reports on it. I do know that Linux has only gained speed, though. And once Chrome OS comes out, all bets are off.
inkubuxJul 20, 2007
easy answer ... BAN VALVe
jordanlundJul 20, 2007
I'm confused... when Steam first started everyone said it sucked, now people actively want it? WTF?
technophobiaJul 21, 2007
Valve was a amazing company when they were using the Quake engine. I'm sure this was said already but who wants buggy steam on our stable Linux anyway. Let unstable windows have an unstable steam so valve can have slight hope that it cancels out the the crashing. I'm still waiting to this day for my favorites to work in steam instead of deleting them selfs on reboot.
jonforthewinJul 22, 2007
God for bid a software company with all those millions of dollars would have to *gasp*, PROGRAM. Electronic Arts releases commercial games for Mac OS X that run on f**king WINE. Valve wouldn't have to port anything (not that that should be a problem if they software was written properly) just fix bugs here and there and make sure s**t works with wine, it's not hard, and would pay for itself multiple times over.
jonforthewinJul 22, 2007
I've played in CAL and Valve _HAS_ ruined Counter Strike. For the first two years their support was shoddy at best, it took them over a year to get all four player models available in the game something that would've taken not even two weeks in the open source world or not even a month and a half under a decent company like ID.It's the same s**tty support even today.
jonforthewinJul 22, 2007
@stoodleysnowThe current time is 11:33, we stopped serving breakfast at 11:30.That is not our policy, you have to order something from the lunch menu.<a class="user" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=-eREiQhBDIk">http://youtube.com/watch?v=-eREiQhBDIk</a>
fuze07Jul 24, 2007
Nobody cares...
fuze07Jul 24, 2007
Rule 3: Set your goals, and achieve them.
kiloratJul 18, 2009
This has been a long running problem on the steam forums, they don't screen their moderators well.If you try to have a conversation about something, they lock it without good reason. So what if Valve doesn't intend to port it to linux, why does that make it illegal to simply discuss? Someone could post a guide on Wine, or other things could be brought to the discussion, but banning people for discussing it is stupid.
yarokasearApr 1, 2010
.005%? Try 5%. Linux is definitely more popular than trolls like you want people to think. And as of 2008 it is definitely the fastest growing desktop OS, with Windows being the fastest shrinking. People are starting to wake up to what computing is actually meant to be like. Not crash-prone, slow, or buggy like Windows led them to believe. But fast, reliable, stable, and secure. Four things even Windows 7 doesn't deliver.Valve may be exercising their right not to port to Linux, but rights don't protect your from criticism. Valve in 2007 was being shortsighted not porting steam and the source engine to Linux. In another ten years they would be kicking themselves for not grabbing the bull by the horns when Windows does what Internet Explorer is doing now: Fighting against inevitable decline against a completely free and open alternative. IE's down to 60%, which is a generous statistic. And it lost its market share to Firefox. Now we're seeing it happen in Windows vs. Linux. Windows is LOSING market share to Linux. Late 2008 saw Windows drop below 89% desktop market share for the first time since 1993. This is big. And it is 2010 now when I write this comment. Windows has likely lost even more, though I haven't seen any reports on it. I do know that Linux has only gained speed, though. And once Chrome OS comes out, all bets are off.