[ut2003io] HL2 (Was Re: [ut2003io] Microsoft = Epic's new publisher?)

[Jonathan "Chaser" Bale]

Steam is simply a "download" application.  They have never even made the
pretence of supporting the client portion of their engines under non-windows
operating systems - although I expect Transgaming will have a go.

The Linux server binary for HL/HL2 are completely independent of Steam
itself - they operates in the same manner as standard dedicated server
binaries.

J.

--> -----Original Message-----
--> From: David Krider [mailto:david at davidkrider.com]
--> Sent: 18 September 2003 12:26
--> To: ut2003 at icculus.org
--> Subject: [ut2003io] HL2 (Was Re: [ut2003io] Microsoft = Epic's new
--> publisher?)
-->
-->
--> On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 00:10, Dana Olson wrote:
--> > On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 22:16, Michael wrote:
--> > > OpenGL isn't going anywhere
--> >
--> > Sorta like "Linux Gaming"
-->
--> Speaking of which, what's this group's take on the recent announcement
--> that Linux devotees would be still be "allowed" to run HL2 servers, but
--> that there will still be no client for the platform? Frankly, I'm not
--> buying the game because of the whole Steam issue, but I'm interested in
--> what other people's opinions are on Valve's positioning with their new
--> product.
-->
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