It's Official, There Are Now Over 1,500 Linux Games in Valve's Steam Library

Posted by hanuca on Sep 20, 2015 3:15 AM EDT
Softpedia; By Marius Nestor
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In case you needed more proof that Linux is becoming an important player in the gaming market, we here at Softpedia are happy to announce today, September 19, 2015, that Valve's Steam library now features 1,500 titles.

As you might know, Steam is the world's largest digital game distribution platform, supporting all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux or SteamOS, Valve's own distribution derived from the acclaimed Debian GNU/Linux OS.

Some months ago there's has been a lot of discussion about Valve's decision to remove the official mascot of Linux, Tux the Penguin, from its Steam library and replace it with the SteamOS logo, and while we understood the fact that Valve wants to promote its GNU/Linux distro, users demanded that at least the "Linux" text be displayed.

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