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Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By Zlopez, 18 January 2017 at 7:48 am UTC
Quoting: GeopirateThis is a super important point that a lot of the Linux community is completely ignoring. Other gamers are not interested in dropping to the command line and searching dozens of forum posts to get a game working. We need widespread Wayland adoption and we need a smooth Vulkan experience. Nvidia dominates Windows as well as Linux to a lesser degree in the steam surveys and their driver situation needs to get worked out for Wayland. AMD's open driver is still a work in progress and HDMI audio is a major pain point still.

He did post a lengthy response about SUPPORT and that really highlights the current state of Linux gaming. Some people have already purchased real steam machines and they aren't grizzled Linux veterans so they are really disappointed with their gaming experience. Valve has to deal with this and it costs them money. I know a couple people that recently joined their support staff and they are getting PAID.

I totally agree with this.
I tried Wayland in Fedora 25 and it has still many issues, but it is faster and more stable than X, but I didn't make it work with proprietary Nvidia driver. I will try it again in future.
The previous AMD graphic card I had never worked on Linux with proprietary driver, maybe it was too old at the time. But this was a year or so back, so the situation can be better now. But I appreciate that AMD is contributing to open source driver (I wish that Nvidia would do the same).
Also the Vulkan is the step in the right way and I hope, that even Microsoft will make use of it. So you don't need to create two version of games, one for DX and one for Vulkan.
Last thing I want to add, is that the new games should be created as 64 bit application. Most of the games didn't even run in some filesystems (like XFS), because they were crashing on bigger partitions with 64 bit addressing.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By MayeulC, 18 January 2017 at 7:18 am UTC Likes: 6
Maybe you should ask Pierre-Loup or another Valve Developer who is directly involved with the Linux cabal. IIRC, Gabe always tell people that there is more than one employee at VALVe to ask questions to :)

Quoting: gurvI'm a bit worried by Valve's current mindset tbh, they seem to be caught up in the VR craze (which I think it's painfully obvious that it has no future in gaming due to price, cumbersome, nausea, isolation from friends/family, you name it).
I wouldn't say that if I were you. That's a rather bold statement to make; and a lot of statements like this one don't hold up to the future. Let's wait and see :)
Prison Architect broke the Geneva Conventions for the use of a red cross
By Julius, 18 January 2017 at 7:17 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: oxymoreThis isn't about copyright. The red cross symbol is limited in the number of people who are allowed to use it because it is basically a "Don't shoot me" sign. It is a war crime to target people wearing the symbol. As a consequence, they are also strict about misuse of the symbol, as otherwise everybody would use it which would completely undermine the proper use.

This. One might think it's all fun and games, but the Geneva convention is one of the few international treaties that more or less anyone with a minimal bit of common sense left agrees is a good idea.

Besides, if it was the coca-cola logo no-one would think twice about it, just because there is a humanitarian aid organization behind it it is somehow different?
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By Geopirate, 18 January 2017 at 7:00 am UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: RussianNeuroMancer
Quoting: sarmadValve is now also over-relying on Windows and have an alternative that they are not brave enough to push full-speed
Right now Linux gaming not in the state that can be accepted by general audience. Many papercuts need to be fixed first (like Steam Runtime issues, Mesa-specific games issues, and get-this-damn-Optimus-tearfree issues, etc.) Maybe a little bit later, when new Steam Beta with Steam Runtime fixes will be pushed to stable channel, stable Ubuntu get Xorg Server 1.19 and Mesa with many game-specific fixes? Yep, I wish that happen ^_^

This is a super important point that a lot of the Linux community is completely ignoring. Other gamers are not interested in dropping to the command line and searching dozens of forum posts to get a game working. We need widespread Wayland adoption and we need a smooth Vulkan experience. Nvidia dominates Windows as well as Linux to a lesser degree in the steam surveys and their driver situation needs to get worked out for Wayland. AMD's open driver is still a work in progress and HDMI audio is a major pain point still.

He did post a lengthy response about SUPPORT and that really highlights the current state of Linux gaming. Some people have already purchased real steam machines and they aren't grizzled Linux veterans so they are really disappointed with their gaming experience. Valve has to deal with this and it costs them money. I know a couple people that recently joined their support staff and they are getting PAID.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By wvstolzing, 18 January 2017 at 6:55 am UTC
Quoting: liamdaweUpdate: And it's over, my questions didn't get answered.

Yes, but did you ask anything? You were supposed to ask anything -- and before submission, hit the any key on your keyboard.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By Corben, 18 January 2017 at 6:20 am UTC Likes: 2
There have indeed been some Linux/SteamOS specific questions. And it looks like none of them got any answers from Valve, if I'm right?
Do they only get attention when they had been upvoted by enough people?

Though it was really interesting to follow, I hoped to get some informations about their plans or progress with Linux/SteamOS.

I remember when Gabe Newell first announced Steam coming to Linux/SteamOS:
QuoteIt feels a little bit funny coming here and telling you guys that Linux and open source are the future of gaming. It’s sort of like going to Rome and teaching Catholicism to the pope.
I wish they would bring this feeling back.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By SuperTux, 18 January 2017 at 6:14 am UTC
Honestly didn't see much get answered...
Prison Architect broke the Geneva Conventions for the use of a red cross
By oxymore, 18 January 2017 at 5:53 am UTC Likes: 4
This isn't about copyright. The red cross symbol is limited in the number of people who are allowed to use it because it is basically a "Don't shoot me" sign. It is a war crime to target people wearing the symbol. As a consequence, they are also strict about misuse of the symbol, as otherwise everybody would use it which would completely undermine the proper use.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By Xicronic, 18 January 2017 at 5:31 am UTC Likes: 1
My questions weren't answered either, but I emailed them to Gabe and hopefully I'll have a response by the end of the week to share with you guys. I hear he's good about responding to emails.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By RussianNeuroMancer, 18 January 2017 at 5:09 am UTC
Quoting: sarmadValve is now also over-relying on Windows and have an alternative that they are not brave enough to push full-speed
Right now Linux gaming not in the state that can be accepted by general audience. Many papercuts need to be fixed first (like Steam Runtime issues, Mesa-specific games issues, and get-this-damn-Optimus-tearfree issues, etc.) Maybe a little bit later, when new Steam Beta with Steam Runtime fixes will be pushed to stable channel, stable Ubuntu get Xorg Server 1.19 and Mesa with many game-specific fixes? Yep, I wish that happen ^_^
Farting on everyone in 'CropDuster Supreme' now available on Linux, it's actually hilarious
By logge, 18 January 2017 at 4:59 am UTC
Thank you! That one really is nice! Played some levels, I hope I will crush the wedding. And I hope for a sequel.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By slaapliedje, 18 January 2017 at 4:53 am UTC Likes: 2
I'm not sure you'd compare them to Nokia... Steam is multi-platform. It works equally well on all platforms. The fact that all the software within Steam doesn't work on all platforms isn't Valve's fault. In fact, I'm pretty sure all of their own games do work on all supported platforms.

Nokia's issue was all about trying to support two different Operating Systems and not concentrating resources on either of them. Then selling out to Microsoft and completely ditching the two systems they had.

I'm betting at this point that Valve is simply waiting for Debian Stretch to be released for a major overhaul to SteamOS. Especially since they're probably the closest to core Debian than any of the Debian derived systems.
Owlboy, the very popular 2D adventure game is seeking Linux testers
By aldy, 18 January 2017 at 4:51 am UTC
I got a beta key. I played around 6 hours and I didn't see any bug.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By sarmad, 18 January 2017 at 2:54 am UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: gurvMeanwhile, Microsoft is progressing on its unified console/pc ecosystem.
It would be really ironic that Microsoft delivers on the Steam machine concept before Valve ever does.

Yup, Valve needs to pay attention and avoid the mistake that Nokia made when it kept on relying on Symbian and was not brave enough to make the switch to a more modern OS in time. Valve is now also over-relying on Windows and have an alternative that they are not brave enough to push full-speed, exactly the same situation that Nokia was in. It's just a matter of time before XBox games and XBox live become cross platform and then Steam will be in real danger.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By Mezron, 18 January 2017 at 2:40 am UTC
Man...That seemed like a waste.
Early Access survival game 'Rust' gains Vulkan support in a pre-release
By salamanderrake, 18 January 2017 at 1:28 am UTC
The problem also is that on linux its run with command line options --force-opengl so I don't know if it will ever work with linux and vulkan.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By Shmerl, 18 January 2017 at 1:10 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: edoNo linux-related answers, that makes me suspicious.

Yep, sounds fishy. But while Valve are hiring developers to work on Mesa - there is still hope.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By Shmerl, 18 January 2017 at 1:08 am UTC Likes: 2
Kudos for VR standards push (I didn't know about Valve being behind the effort). No Q&A about Linux though?
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By gurv, 18 January 2017 at 1:06 am UTC Likes: 3
Yeah, disappointing. It's as if they don't care anymore about Linux/SteamOS.

I'm a bit worried by Valve's current mindset tbh, they seem to be caught up in the VR craze (which I think it's painfully obvious that it has no future in gaming due to price, cumbersome, nausea, isolation from friends/family, you name it).

Meanwhile, Microsoft is progressing on its unified console/pc ecosystem.
It would be really ironic that Microsoft delivers on the Steam machine concept before Valve ever does.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By TheRiddick, 18 January 2017 at 12:55 am UTC Likes: 13
Your questions will NEVER be answered because %99.9 of all questions are bombardments of Half-Life3 and when it's coming out, Gabe doesn't need to think to answer these, and people keep asking them and destroying opportunities for REAL QUESTIONS to be answered. They should just auto block all half-life questions and focus on REAL questions!
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By Leopard, 18 January 2017 at 12:47 am UTC Likes: 1
Utc +3 here :)
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By MayeulC, 18 January 2017 at 12:28 am UTC
Also liked:

QuoteQ: Wasn't there a movie (or a set of 2 movies) coming in that universe by Valve and JJ Abrams?

A: Yep. They're coming.

Edit: Damn, Valve, I wanted to get some sleep. UTC+1 here
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By Liam Dawe, 18 January 2017 at 12:24 am UTC Likes: 1
Updated, it's over now so I will be going to bed, but I think I captured the best stuff.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By edo, 18 January 2017 at 12:21 am UTC
No linux-related answers, that makes me suspicious.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
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Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By bingus, 18 January 2017 at 12:20 am UTC Likes: 3
Pretty disappointing really. All of the Steamos/Linux stuff was ignored :(
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By Liam Dawe, 18 January 2017 at 12:17 am UTC
Update: And it's over, my questions didn't get answered.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By Aimela, 18 January 2017 at 12:16 am UTC Likes: 4
QuoteIs Valve still working on any fully-fledged single player games?
—Gabe
Yes

Well, that's a relief. It's been about six years since they last made a new full-fledged game.
Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
By libgradev, 18 January 2017 at 12:15 am UTC Likes: 5
A Master Class in avoidance.

Let's hope he answers some of the SteamOS/Linux questions...
Gabe Newell of Valve is doing a reddit 'Ask me anything' soon
By Liam Dawe, 18 January 2017 at 12:04 am UTC Likes: 1
Questions and answers will be added in this article instead.
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