[GRLUG] Steam for Linux

[desert frag]

Hardforum.com just started a thread on it here:  http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1732341

Haven't tried it yet, for now I'm content running a dedicated server using CentOS 6.3 split between UT2004 and OpenArena.  Old skool, I know.  It's usually up between 9 pm and 7 am.

Server name:  Grand Rapids MI
IP: 69.208.82.156

Tonight it's OpenArena.

OA server list: http://dpmaster.deathmask.net/?game=openarena





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 From: John Wesorick <john at wesorick.com>
To: "Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area." <grlug at grlug.org> 
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Steam for Linux
 

The everything being 32-bit is kind of a fail and annoying, but at least it's a start. You may also need the newest proprietary graphics card drivers for your card. I know Valve worked hand in hand with ATI/Nvidia to really improve their Linux drivers. With NVidia, I think I heard that they doubled the performance in the newest release (310), so that they are actually better than their Windows counterpart now.



On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Topher <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:

On 12/10/2012 11:13 AM, John Wesorick wrote:
>> I know there are some Linux gamers out there who will be interested. I
>> got my Steam for Linux beta invite on Friday, and actually got a couple
>> hours to play with it Yesterday. Did anyone else get their's yet?
>
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>
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>> Overall I am very pleased with it so far. I'm happy to see Linux gain
>> some ground as a gaming platform. Also, although they only officially
>> support Ubuntu 12.04, I am running 12.10, and several people on the
>> forums are getting it to work with various other distros, i.e. Fedora,
>> Arch, etc.
>
>I tried it on Arch64.  It first failed because I needed the 32bit OpenGL
>stuff.  That was an easy fix.  It now fails for a different reason, I
>don't remember.  I tried playing the free game they're pushing with this
>beta, and it started to load and then just bailed.
>
>I'll post more later.
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