On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:12 PM, DL <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> News has hit that a Linux native version of Steam will be coming soon; getting Steam itself to work on Wine might not be necessary at that point anymore. > > > It's still worth getting working even if it's just for testing purposes or to improve Wine in general. Also, no release date has been announced. It could be ready within weeks, or it might take months or even a year. > > The end of summer. It will only release with native games like the few that came for the mac. Wine support for Steam will be more important than ever when people grab Steam and want their Winodws games as well as their native Source games. This is a good thing for gamers and a great thing for Wines future popularity.