Portal 2 Beta Released For Linux

jones_supa writes "Yesterday Portal 2, a Source-based game that has been missing a Linux version, got a public beta release. The Steam game product page doesn't yet say the game supports Linux. To access the beta for Linux, right-click the game in Steam, select Properties and go to the Betas tab. Valve hasn't published the Linux system requirements for Portal 2 yet, but WebUpd8 tested it using Intel HD 3000 graphics under Ubuntu and it worked pretty well."

Re:Portal + Minecraft: I don't get it

[invid]

I'm 47 years old and those are my 2 favorite games.

Re:Portal + Minecraft: I don't get it

[Yunzil]

What am I missing?

An attention span.

Re:Portal + Minecraft: I don't get it

[CaptSlaq]

Can someone please explain the appeal of these games? To me, they're full of stupid puzzles and sophomoric quirkiness. What am I missing? Is it symptomatic of a dull generation?

Portal had some of the most amusing dark humor in a game that I've ever heard. While I won't say that the gameplay redefined a genre, as someone who is terrible at FPS, it was a refreshing change to not be "go here, blow this up, shoot these guys, get cake". Granted, it was "go here, press this button, get cake", but I actually like puzzles, so perhaps that is where I found most of my entertainment.

Minecraft is digital Lego Mindstorm.

Re:That is...if you even can get steam installed

[MindPrison]

Exactly.

No matter how much Linus Torvalds hate Nvidia, they are still the only company that I know of that has...the last 7 years ... gotten that part right. They've made an install script that basically works on every blend of Linux on the planet, and I really mean that...It really just WORKS. All you have to do is to download it, and sh Nvidia....blah blah. and it does the rest for you, 3d support - right there, no fiddling with a gazillion dependencies, and you don't even need a repository or package installer.

Learn from that, Valve!