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 Steam should be included in the software Manager of Linux Mint 15

Created 3 months ago, edited 3 months ago.
Status changed 3 months ago
Author:

Brahim
Status:
Considered 		  Score:
 9
18 votes
Idea:

“Quoting Clem here; “Just as “killer-apps”, games are among the top reasons which prevent people from switching completely to Linux. In 2012, 15 games were scored 90% or higher on Metacritic. None of them were released on Linux...At the end of last year, Valve and Canonical announced they were working together to bring Steam (which is estimated to have a 70% share of the digital distribution market for video games) to Linux...Valve is planning a new gaming console in 2013 based on Linux and the company is currently promoting its Linux client, even to its Windows users. Gaming media, blogs and magazines are covering the news and some of the major studios are considering porting their games to Linux.” unquote.

Source: http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2302

With 70% share of the digital distribution market for video games, Steam would be most wanted by new windows converts. In fact, by including Steam, Linux Mint would get financial support from Valve Corporation, the company behind it.

Comments:

2 months ago

Jessey-Lawson
Uh, please watch the Linux Action Show on Youtube. If you did you would have known this has allready been done! I will promte it but stop posting ideas that have been implimated by Ubuntu. Shesh.  
3 months ago

larmi
why not.. if yes steam login too !
https://github.com/thor27/steam-login
steam login allows to login directly to steam big picture mode.
both should be in repos at least. 		 
3 months ago

KOLEGA
Agree, gamimg can make new users to Linux  
3 months ago

Hammer459
If this shows up in Ubuntu it will show up in Mint... Ubuntu is Mints upstream provider...  
3 months ago

sujitnag
As i have submitted my idea that no extra software should be added.

  
3 months ago

telcnas
Too may times this is been suggested over here.....
http://community.linuxmint.com/idea/view/2093
http://community.linuxmint.com/idea/view/2616
etc.....

First of all EVERONE IS NOT A GAMER!!! I think the right place for this is in the software manager and in the featured section too, so it may be easily found and installed but please not included by default. 		 

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