Valve is preparing Steam for Linux (again)

[Yorus]

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Esto se mueve y no veais de que manera. Hay incluso rumores sacados de Phoronix (aunque no me he parado a leerlo) de que Blizzard tiene previsto el port de World of Warcraft para este mismo año. Es la primera noticia que tengo de ello, pero teniendo en cuenta que la versión de Windows soporta OpenGL y que hay versión de Mac…

[cobito]

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Sí se mueve, sí:

· La consola Steam Box de Valve utilizará el sistema Linux y será presentada en 2013
· NVIDIA recibe una ayudita de Valve para mejorar sus drivers para Linux
· Nuevo apoyo a los videojuegos en Linux
· Valve: Linux More Viable Than Windows 8 for Gaming ~ Ubuntu Vibes | Daily Ubuntu Linux Updates
· Gabe Newell Wants to Support Linux, Because Windows 8 is a 'Catastrophe'
· [Phoronix] Blizzard Entertainment Planning A Linux Game For 2013
· [Phoronix] Torque 3D Engine Is Wanting To Come To Linux
[…]

Una pena que todo esto llegue a las puertas de la muerte del PC como dispositivo de consumo para el gran público.

[cobito]

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Una sorpresa inesperada por moverse con un motor gráfico totalmente diferente y que además no es propiedad de Valve: desde hace unos días está diponible Half Life 1 y Counter Strike 1.6 para Linux.

[Yorus]

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Mmmm… el Half-Life me dejará también mareado en Linux?

[cobito]

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@Yorus:

Mmmm… el Half-Life me dejará también mareado en Linux?

Supongo que igual que en Windows porque el FOV es el mismo. Intenta limitando la tasa de frames a 30 o 40.

[Yorus]

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@cobito:

Supongo que igual que en Windows porque el FOV es el mismo. Intenta limitando la tasa de frames a 30 o 40.

Si, ya me informé en su momento y era por eso, le pasa a bastante gente. De todos modos nunca me enganchó, me llama mas el Counter.

[kynes]

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Un poco offtopic… Teneis montado grupo de usuarios de hardlimit en steam?

[Tecnho]

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@kynes:

Un poco offtopic… Teneis montado grupo de usuarios de hardlimit en steam?

Cree yo uno hace tiempo y estamos algunos , no se si es diferente al de otras plataformas (Mac, linux) o es valido para todos.

Mi nick es Tecnho por si alguien quiere añadir.

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@kynes:

Un poco offtopic… Teneis montado grupo de usuarios de hardlimit en steam?

En la época dorada del server de CS:S de Hardlimit (Servidor HardLimit CS:S - HardLimit) creé un grupo pero no tuvo mucho éxito: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/hardlimit

[Tecnho]

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El que tenia creado de hace tiempo es este que estamos 17

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/HARDLIMITIANOS

[Yorus]

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Yo voy a ver si tengo un hueco y lo instalo en mi Xubuntu, y si elegimos uno de los dos grupos como punto de reunión allí estaré.

Tampoco tengo claro si se mezclan los dos Steam, ya que además tengo una cuenta del Steam de Windows con un solo juego y no se si para la de Linux tendré que crear otra.

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@Yorus:

Yo voy a ver si tengo un hueco y lo instalo en mi Xubuntu, y si elegimos uno de los dos grupos como punto de reunión allí estaré.

Tampoco tengo claro si se mezclan los dos Steam, ya que además tengo una cuenta del Steam de Windows con un solo juego y no se si para la de Linux tendré que crear otra.

Los Steam son los mismos. No hace falta crear una cuenta para Windows y otra para Linux. La única diferencia es que no podrás jugar a los títulos que no se hayan portado a Linux.

[Yorus]

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Ok, perfecto.

Acabo de instalarlo en Xubuntu y todo perfecto, con el usuario que ya tenía y demás.

[Bm4n]

What?, how's Steam going for you, the only game I have that's compatible is Osmos and it works well, I'm now downloading something 3D to test it better

[cobito]

For me in Mageia 2, despite being incompatible due to old libraries, it has been running quite well.

By the way, for 2 or 3 weeks now, Counter Strike: Source has been available for Linux.

There are fewer and fewer reasons to have Windows on the PC. In fact, there is only one: BF3.

[kynes]

Any distribution that you recommend for someone who hasn't used linux regularly for eons, and wants to try steam?

[Bm4n]

Unfortunately, Ubuntu is the only one that officially supports it right now, if you want to download and install Ubuntu. If you want a slightly more advanced system, in Fedora, adding a repository where they carry Steam and installing it works perfectly.

[cobito]

In fact, there is official packaging not only for Ubuntu but also for Arch, OpenSUSE and Mageia 3 Beta. The latter added the package to its official repositories a few days ago and it works wonderfully.

However, as Bm4n says, the easiest option is probably Ubuntu.

[cobito]

As of today, Half Life 2, Eposidio 1, and Lost Coast are available for Linux.

On the other hand, Garry Newman, the creator of the popular Garry's Mod that allows us to play with the physics of Havok and Source, has said that his creation will soon be available for Linux.

Between the games and the mods, the Source engine is going to give a lot of trouble in the GNU system. For now, Valve has already managed to achieve great advances in the drivers of nVidia and Ati. And those that are yet to come.

To finish, Gabe Newell, the head of Valve, has stated that SteamBox, the company's console will run on Linux and that it will possibly be presented at the LinuxCon that will be held between the 16th and the 18th of September.

It seems to be the definitive end of the divorce between Linux and games. It remains to be seen the hardware with which the SteamBox will be motorized, although "out there" it is said that it will integrate Ati GPUs, which could give the push that its proprietary drivers need.

[Tecnho]

Great news, let's see if it goes ahead and so it gives me more desire to use more linux that I have it very parked.