Stop everything you are supposed to do and read this news carefully!
From OMG! Ubuntu! A strange rumor reaches us. Apparently Valve is finally developing its Steam platform for Linux. Why do I say it? Because in the news they mention that Valve has published a job offer for a senior software engineer within Steam, and what makes it sound juicier is that what other news has made sound is that, within the six responsibilities of this software engineer is:
"Port Windows-based games to the Linux platform."
What would be:
"Import windows-based games to the Linux platform."
Which has left many of us with a face of OMFG! That cannot be represented even with memes ...
And do not believe, the controversy and speculation are already beginning about what could be the cause of this possible arrival of Steam to Linux ... Could it be that they are finally beginning to take into account the growth of Linux? Or is it that Desura, their competition, has already taken the lead and makes fun of them? It is not known, but what I can be sure of is that the future of Linux gamers would be about to see its golden age if this really happens, we would have two platforms fighting to stay afloat in a new market and that is going to mean benefits for customers…. AND GAMES! GAMES IN LINUX!
Obviously not everything is rosy since we do not have native DirectX, so only games that support or run with OpenGL will be the ones that will run, which is not bad either since there are many games that use OpenGL that only work on Windows and which are great.
And what do you think? Come on, let go of those fingers and write!
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