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Steam For Linux: Another Interesting, But Not Valuable Contribution

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 19, 2012

For those of you who think that Valve’s new favorite mammal is a penguin, you can think again. Gabe Newell is a business man and wants to do what is best for Valve. If that is Linux then great. Gabe also comments on the possible failure of Valve’s new Big Picture feature and availability for Linux, saying customers will say this is really great or, they’ll say another interesting, but not valuable contribution fairly quickly.??

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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