While there are around two thousand Linux-native games now available on Steam brought over by many different studios, it was just four years ago that many thought Valve bringing Steam to Linux was a joke or far-fetched rumor.
Today marks four years to the day since Gabe Newell had emailed us about Linux driver problems in their porting of Source Engine games to Linux as part of their initial Steam Linux bring-up. Many didn’t believe it then, in part due to being close to April Fools’ Day, and even when in 2012 I went out to Valve’s HQ to talk with them about their Linux plans including what would become Steam Machines and SteamOS.