A Slashdot user has spotted that the beta version of Team Fortress 2 has received a sneaky update, introducing changes which emit the heady and appealing whiff of Linux support.
“Among the modified files are some Linux-related files including a hardware driver compatibility list, optimal graphics settings, and a shell script launcher (previously only for OS X, now with a case for Linux as well),” writes Slashdot submitter spacenet.
Valve have only acknowledged the existence of this update in a forum post, but not its content, and have yet to update the changelog. Hm! Hm? Hm.
This comes on the back of Valve’s announced Steam for Linux private beta, which was said to be going live this month – but has yet to emerge. The interest in Linux also mirrors the inroads the platform is making on Mac – anything, it seems, to put distance between itself and the Windows 8 “catastrophe“, as Gabe Newell put it. Can Valve single-handedly usher in a future in which PC gaming is no longer largely synonymous with Windows-gaming? Putting Team Fortress 2 on Linux is certainly a big step in that direction.
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