Officially Announced Steam for Linux


This morning through the web of Very Linux I find out about official announcement by Valve that they are already working on the Steam client for Linux, as well as carrying the game Left 4 Dead 2.

Developers are working on Ubuntu, although it can be used in other distributions in addition to opening a blog where they will comment on the progress of the development. In the first entry they comment on what they have started to work on:

  • Get the Steam Linux client to have all the functions of the Windows version.
  • Optimize Left 4 Dead 2 to run at an acceptable speed with OpenGL.
  • Port additional Valve titles.

This may take a while, but at least it's official now. As for other games they carried, he hoped Half Life, Portal y Team Fortress 2 be among them ^^

We hope to have other good news soon, while we will have to settle for waiting.

Official Valve Blog for Linux
Source: Very Linux