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I wasn't able to download it. Clicking the link on this page took me to the Software Centre saying "Not Found - There isn’t a software package called “steam” in your current software sources.". So I go to the main landing page of the Software Centre and find a link to Steam there. There is a banner saying "Free" with a button "Buy" next to it. I click it and it asks me to log into to some sort of payment service...

I love linux and Ubuntu but this is the kind of thing that I am starting to get sick of having to deal with. Can't I just use apt-get?



If you manually add the Valve repo at http://repo.steampowered.com then "apt-get steam" will do exactly what you expect. Or you can download the .deb from http://store.steampowered.com and install it.


Direct link for the lazy: http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam_lat...


For some reason, no, because it's delivered through Canonical's special proprietary software channel. I suppose having the account means you can redownload this freeware for free?


Agreed, this is not what I expected and this is not the Linux way. I guess I'll make a Ubuntu account so I can give Steam a once over, but if I wanted to be abused I'd just get a MAC.




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