Valve joined the Linux Foundation

Valve, developer of the gaming platform Steam, developer and publisher of computer games, joined the Linux Foundation , which promotes the free GNU / Linux system and open source software.

Such a move should not surprise anyone, because recently Valve is actively using Linux. For example, the Linux kernel runs the Steam OS operating system, which is planned to be used in the Steam Machine gaming consoles (expected to be released in January 2014 ). Co-founder and CEO Gabe Newell said that the future of the gaming industry is for Linux . The official Linux client for the Steam platform was released in February of this year.

Gabe Newell last year called Windows 8 "a disaster for the personal computer industry . " And although most Steam users work under Windows, Valve hopes that over time, more and more of them will switch to a free OS.

Do not forget that Valve is actively helping in the development of LLDB debugger, and is also the co-author of a new debugger for Linux, which is currently being created. “When we offered developers: choose one tool that Valve can do to improve Linux as a development platform, they always called the debugger,” said Newell.
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“Entering the Linux Foundation is one of the many ways in which Valve promotes games under Linux,” said Mike Sartain, one of the core members of the Linux group at Valve. “Through these efforts, we hope to contribute to developer tools that improve Linux, force hardware manufacturers to put Linux support as their priority, and ultimately bring to market an elegant and open gaming platform for Linux users.”

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