Despite some early teasing, it now seems Steam is not coming to Linux after all - at least for now.

News broke August 21 that Valve's marketing VP Doug Lombardi said in an interview with Gamesindustry.biz that "There's no Linux version that we're working on right now." This is despite early discoveries that Linux was indeed on the menu and apparent confirmations.

There are two trains of thought on the statement by Lombardi. Most seem to interpret it to mean that Steam is not coming to Linux - period. Then another camp is saying don't overlook the obvious qualifier: "right now".

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