Steam for Linux to be released i.e. native games, not just the client :)

[caesius]

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=valve_steam_announcement&num=1

That seems cool. Am I not mistaken that this should be easy enough to port to FreeBSD?

Exciting stuff

[DutchDaemon]

Pick the right forum (http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=2756), please.

[aragon]

Am I not mistaken that this should be easy enough to port to FreeBSD?
Unless they release source code, it can't really be ported to FreeBSD. It might work under linux emulation though...

[caesius]

Unless they release source code, it can't really be ported to FreeBSD. It might work under linux emulation though...

That's kinda what I meant, in so far as Flash is a linux binary, but you can install it via ports. I.e., it's kinda integrated.

Sorry mod, seemed big enough news to go in general..

[DutchDaemon]

'General' is primarily about the FreeBSD base system, never about 3rd party apps, let alone GUIs and games.

[expl]

I really doubt that linux version of steam and especially native games (linux) will work smooth via linux emulation. You have more chances with windows version over wine. Unless someone bothers hacking linux emulation for a while because its far from being perfect.

[caesius]

I really doubt that linux version of steam and especially native games (linux) will work smooth via linux emulation. You have more chances with windows version over wine. Unless someone bothers hacking linux emulation for a while because its far from being perfect.

Why? Surely it's easier to run a linux binary under emulation than a win32 one?

[expl]

No, its not true anymore. WINE softlayer got much more advanced than the current linux soft layer. Its hard to find win32 apps thats would not run via wine (even though you need to do some patching or hacking once in the while).