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Old 08-05-2008, 09:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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[Phoronix] Valve's Source Engine Coming To Linux

There have been rumors since last year that Valve may be serious about porting Source games to Linux after Valve Software began seeking a senior software engineer with the responsibility of porting Windows-based games to the Linux platform. Valve Software has yet to officially announce Linux clients for any of its software, but at Phoronix we have received information confirming that Valve is indeed porting its very popular Source engine to the Linux platform.

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hah bet linux users wont have alt+tab issues
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bet linux users wont be able to alt+tab. :P
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I find it amusing that WoW performs better under emulation in Linux than it does in actual windows.
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I find it amusing that WoW performs better under emulation in Linux than it does in actual windows.
Same thing with Mono under Linux compared with .NET on windows. Although that was a while ago when I did that testing.
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bet linux users wont be able to alt+tab. :P
Can just start the game in its own x session on another console.

Can then switch between consoles.

Done.
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