Steam Linux Client, True or False?

[beastrace91]

So one of my friends had mentioned to me that there was talk of a steam linux client (non-server related) Is there any solid proof to this? I crawled google for awhile this morning and only found here say, and speculation (even an article titled "Steam Linux Client Confirmed" didn't have anything solid) So I am lead to believe this is just more internet lies... anyone found anything different? Steam currently runs well through wine, but I would love to see the performance increase I would get from having Source engine a native application.

~Jeff

[Vadi]

Nothing solid, so no.

[bashveank]

The rumor is based on a listing on the Valve website for a Linux programmer.

[Mehall]

The rumor is based on a listing on the Valve website for a Linux programmer.

specifically, a Linux programmer to convert Windows programs to Linux

That's what they advertised for.

[mips]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=996681
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=785540