Ubuntu Vibes quotes (or paraphrases) Valve's Drew Bliss speaking at a Ubuntu Developer Summit in Denmark praising Linux as being amore viable gaming platform that Microsoft's just-released Windows 8. They summarize what they learned about Valve's Linux plans going forward in handy bulleted form:

• Steam client is running nicely on Ubuntu and many developers have approached them with good game products.
• Cooperation with Canonical has been good.
• Ubuntu is preferred platform as it has a large user base and good community support with a strong company like Canonical behind it.
• Linux has everything they need: good OpenGL, pulseaudio, OpenAL and input support.
• New Source engine games will be available for Linux.
• No firm time frame for Steam Linux release, but soon.
• Copy protection is up to the game publishers.