[MartinCron]

I just wish I could figure out how to get the Radeon/whatever graphics drivers right on this Lenovo Ideapad. I gave up

The fact that things like this are still an issue makes me think that it will take more than just Steam to make desktop Linux more than a tiny niche in the gaming market.

[estebank]

Au contraire, having Steam available might be just enough to push for better driver support from nVidia and AMD.

[MartinCron]

I honestly hope so. Even though I don't use Linux on the desktop anymore (I'm Mac, mostly) I appreciate the pressure that competition brings.

[reedlaw]

With Steam on Linux there will be more pressure for GPU vendors to clean up their drivers mess.