I do not think it's been announced in an official capacity, but that's what Valve has suggested, and all of the recent Linux development certainly backs it up. (Just clarifying in case Valve changes their mind; I don't want to mislead anybody.)

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852692/valve-linux-steam-box-local-gaming-server

I used wubi to create a standalone instance of ubuntu on windows 7 64 and i ran tf2 pretty well. had crashes but that's expected when using wubi. still WAY better than using a virtual machine. if anyone is curious about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_%28Ubuntu_installer%29

How do you set up your mouse settings, (mouse acceleration and dpi) on linux?

That question is impossible to answer with the amount of information you've provided.

However, Valve added raw mouse input for Linux in one of the more recent TF2 updates, so you can try that out. Command is m_rawinput I believe.

http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#guestadd-3d

thank god it's untradable
got my tux yeaaaa

EDIT: just for the record disabling mouse acceleration and getting a proper sensitivity setting on linux is a pain in the ass because of X, but I got it working well after a few hrs
I have this run after my mouse drivers launch to disable accel: xinput set-prop "Razer Razer DeathAdder" "Device Accel Profile" -1
and I use the third party razer drivers from here: http://bues.ch/cms/hacking/razercfg.html

Now all we need is a Linux ESEA client...

If all you want is the penguin, you can run tf2 on linux in a virtual machine and it will work. I used ubuntu 12.10 in the virtual machine. I got to the point where the screen would go black for TF2 and the Valve music would play, but then it would crash. I went to play for reals in windows and Tux was there. I never even got to the main menu in ubuntu and still got the item.

I'm hoping HL3 will be released with the Steam box.

Anyone else get an error when trying to install Linux from the Ubuntu App Store? What are my options?

Linux from the Ubuntu App Store? I hope you mean Steam.

If you mean steam, download the .deb from http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam_latest.deb and install it with sudo dpkg -i steam_latest.deb

My bad, yeah I meant steam. And alright I'll try it out. Do I have to reinstall TF2 if I already have it installed on my C drive?

I'm pretty sure there's a way to do it with the GCF files, but I don't know how. You can probably just google and get an answer.

I'm getting my penguin, no one will stop me.

linux vs windows performance wise?

Runs very well in linux, I maybe get +5 or so frames on my laptop, havent tried on desktop yet. Some minor issues mostly related to mice and for some reason, stupidly long load times etc, but very playable and hopefully gets super solid and stable.

You will likely notice frame increase if only because linux is lighter and runs faster than windows on average if set up correctly.

Client will never be made for Linux

"ESEA is a service appealing primarily to competitive players (or minimally, players who care about not playing with cheaters) and attempting to support a variety of rare configurations makes it significantly more difficult to enforce a fair and balanced gameplay environment. On that note linux will not be supported any time soon."

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/1118287450546398465/8263974E3F0EDFB45CB710ADB3412597EE4BADD4/

I think the positioning is kind of meh, but it's a penguin so yay :)

This is a bullshit answer for just not wanting to put in the little bit of extra work. Its shitty, because it promises no one looking to play in ESEA can switch, which hurts Linux adaptation. If they had a Linux client, I'd actually finally sign up.

Til then, I'll stick to UGC.

done, enjoy your beam

Anyone else getting the problem of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS not booting and just leading you to the GRUB cmd prompt?

I installed 12.10 2 times today and kept failing trying to get off the open source amd drivers. I tried downloading from the software center on ubuntu, it installed and upon restart I would get to a command prompt screen to login in and it said KGB:disabled or something. Couldnt get back to the desktop to save my life. Installed 12.04 and same issues. I had many many issues because I have a Raid 0 array and crossfire 7950's. I managed to install steam, download TF2 and when I clicked on TF2 to start up, I got an error (cant remember exactly) well TF2 didnt appear to load but I got the Tuxx so I logged in my wife's account and she got it as well, despite not even seeing the first TF2 loading screen. Uninstalled 12.04 for now and back on Windows. Maybe try to dual boot again real soon before promotion is over.

p.s. Fingers crossed the penguin is worth at least what a Bill's hat is....

You may need to add

nomodeset

to grub after adding your graphics driver. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 (note this applies to all distros not just ubuntu).

on a semi-related note if anyone finds themselves enjoying linux and would like some advice/pointers feel free to hit me up, i work with linux for a living and am always happy to provide guidance to new users :D

Do you have any idea why Ubuntu 12.04 (secondary OS, alongside win7 64) won't boot and only shows a black screen? It's not the first launch, the first launch was fine. It shows an error message with "prefix not set", then would load a black screen but if I mash buttons I can get it into GRUB sometimes. All my friends who know quite a bit about Linux don't know what to do. I'd post screenshots but the OS doesn't actually load so that's not an option. I Might take some with my phone if you need more info. Thanks.

nvm, figured it out

I've had this problem before. This along with a couple massive driver fuckups drove me to Linux Mint. GL.

can someone share their penguin with me? c: