I've run windows hlds.exe under Linux, and it actually runs quite well. It uses less cpu then the native hlds binaries do. This isn't because wine is so great, it's because the hlds linux binaries haven't been optimized for linux, and in general are quite inefficient.
There will probalby never be a Linux Steam client. The games you get from Steam don't have Linux versions, so it would be a waste of Valve's time to make a Linux steam client. Steam runs fine under Wine, but most of the games you get from steam *don't* run fine under wine. Been there, done that. It's a dead end path, unfortunately. Game makes just don't want to bother porting their games to Linux. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl" <aidsf...@gmail.com> To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam Linux client Has anyone actually tried running windows srcds in wine on nix? On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Gregg Hanpeter <ghanpe...@gmail.com>wrote: > Rumors huh? Fascinating. :P > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Rusty Bower <rbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ya. I was looking for running the games. There are rumors of a Linux > > client. Just wanted to see if there was any meat to the rumor. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > Rusty Bower > > > > On Oct 27, 2009, at 11:41, "Steffen Tronstad" <s...@nextgentel.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Depends on what you need it for. > > > > > > Just for servers, you can use this: > > http://storefront.steampowered.com/download/hldsupdatetool.bin > > > (LINUX) > > > > > > If you want to run Steam games, you have to use wine or similar. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Opprinnelig melding----- > > > Fra: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux- > > > boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] På vegne av Eric Riemers > > > Sendt: 27. oktober 2009 16:44 > > > Til: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > > Emne: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam Linux client > > > > > > http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=759734 > > > So its wine time.. > > > > > > First hit on google though.. this is the server mailinglist ;p > > > > > > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:14:31 -0400, Rusty Bower <rbo...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > >> Easy question. Is there a dedicated Linux steam client, or do you > > >> have > > >> to do everything through wine? > > >> > > >> Rusty Bower > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > >> archives, > > >> please visit: > > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > archives, please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > archives, please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- Sent from my telnet _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
