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Valve announces Ubuntu port of Steam

17 July 2012 - 08:12 AM

Valve has officially revealed that it plans to bring its Steam game distribution service to the Linux platform. The company is also working to port its Source game engine and its popular 2009 title Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2). The Steam port for Linux was announced this evening on the Valve website in a new blog that will chronicle the progress of the company’s Linux development efforts.

Valve says that it is currently working to refine the software, but declined to say when users can expect to see it launch. The company is optimizing L4D2 to ensure a suitably high frame rate. They are also porting other undisclosed Valve titles and putting the finishing touches on the Linux version of the Steam client.

The software will be available at launch on Ubuntu 12.04, the latest version of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. Valve wants to start by focusing on a single deployment environment, but will consider expanding support to additional distributions in the future if its efforts on Ubuntu are successful. In the blog entry, the Valve revealed that Ubuntu was chosen because it is popular and has high visibility among gamers and developers.


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Can get Bluetooth A2DP To work

10 July 2012 - 03:07 PM

NOTE: The title is supposed to be " CAN'T GET BLUETOOTH A2DP TO WORK"
I forgot the ('T) in the title. Anyone can change that ? Sorry about that


So, here's my problem:

I have a Nokia BH-503 Bluetooth headset and I have been trying to get it to connect to my laptop via Bluetooth.

I can pair it with my laptop, and all my smartphones included however everytime I try to connect the headset to my laptop; it just gives an error stating that it cannot establish communication.

I've tried updating my drivers (Broadcom Update through their website), it helped in getting "Bluetooth Headset" driver to install but not getting it to connect to my headset.

I also tried downloading the CSR driver that some people say made their's work, still nothing.

Right now I am stuck, I don't know what else to do.

My OS:
Win 7 x86 Build 7600

My Laptop:
ASUS M51VR
Intel WIFI Link 5100 AGN

I'm thinking of updating to SP1, but I'm trying to explore other options since I prefer installing SP's on a fresh hard drive.
Anyone ever tried / used an A2DP capable Bluetooth Headset on their Win 7 machine?