I can't find the details, but there was one upcoming third party game that at one point had promo material saying it was:
- Using the source engine, and - Would have a Linux version. My memory being the sieve that it is, I'm afraid I can't be more helpful... this is also long enough ago that I'd have expected it to be out by now, if it was going to be > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hlds_linux- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ook > Sent: 27 October 2009 16:28 > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam Linux client > > 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" <[email protected]> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" > <[email protected]> > 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 > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Rumors huh? Fascinating. :P > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Rusty Bower <[email protected]> > 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" <[email protected]> > > > 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: [email protected] > [mailto:hlds_linux- > > > > [email protected]] 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 > <[email protected]> > > > > 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
