Running Mac OS X Steam on Linux

Before I start I must say, I know there is rumor that Steam is coming to Linux, there is already a post for that: Steam (+ Source engine) coming to Linux. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=97027.
But that's NOT what I want to talk about. If it works one day fine, but it's not for tomorrow.
It also seems that some Steam games run fine on WINE. That not the point either.
I want to discuss the feasibility to run the Mac OS X version of the Steam games on Linux, more specificly Arch Linux.
Why? Correct me if I'm wrong but WINE as to emulate DirectX in order to run a Windows game, the Mac OS X version are native OpenGL. Thus, it would be more reliable and faster to run the Mac OS X version.
I want to know if there a realiable way to run Mac OS X Steam game on Linux.
If not is there some kind of WINE like project for that?
If not is there some lib, program, etc, that could serve as a baseline for an "emulator"?
If not is there anyone interested in that developpement. I am but my time is limited and I would need all the help I can find?

It has been discussed before that it seems closer to port things from Mac OS X to Linux than from Windows... but so far it seems as if there is less interest and emulating Cocoa and all the Core<X> things is quite complex.

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please mention the compatible linux version.
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shane

Hi,
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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#Is_Ubuntu_still_available_on_PowerPC.3F
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I am currently doing the Google shuffle and am posting this to try to make sure I don't miss something important.
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"The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese." -- Willie Nelson
See the article Backup::Restore.
Dual 2.5 Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Gary -- unfortunately, I am back, with memories fading as fast as my suntan.
Some remarks on NFS
OS X, like other unix operating systems, can function as both an NFS server and NFS client. Canonical unix systems permit the system administrator to configure this by editing two ascii text files. The file /etc/fstab controls what remote disks (i.e., those served by another machine) will be mounted, and the file /etc/exports controls what files will be served via NFS to other computers, and can restrict access according to the system administrators needs. All of this is true of OS X as well, except that the information from these ascii text files must somehow be transfered into the netinfo database, a peculiarly OS X construct. Fortunately, this can be accomplished without too much pain.
Mounting remote filesystems with NFS
To mount a filesystem from a remote NFS server, you need to do the following:
1. Create a mountpoint of your choosing. You can do this anywhere, but I find making a directory a the root level to be the most convenient. For example, lets say we want to mount two filesystems that are being exported from another computer called Simpson with the domain name simpson.springfield.org. Well assume it has the OS X filesystem structure, but any unix filesystem will behave analogously. The first filesystem we will want to mount will be the remote /Users directory, and the second will be /Volumes/Homer, as the computer simpson.springfield.org has a second hard-drive creatively named Homer. Hence we will create two mountpoint directories as follows: sudo mkdir -p /nfs_mountpoint/Simpson /nfs_mountpoint/Homer
2. Next we need to create the file /etc/fstab with the following two lines in it: simpson.springfield.org:/Users /nfs_mountpoint/Simpson nfs -P, -b 0 0 simpson.springfield.org:/Volumes/Homer /nfs_mountpoint/Homer nfs -P, -b 0 0 The first field is the domain name (it is safest to give the whole thing), and the second, separated by a colon, is the filesystem that has been exported. The third field is the corresponding mount point you just made, the fourth tells the system that this is an nfs device that is being mounted, and the remaining arguments control access and mounting protocols. man fstab for details. The disk is read/write accessible by default, but the users numerical uid (eg: 503) must be the same on both the host an client machine. (Be aware that if joe on the server has uid 503 and sarah on the client has uid 503, sarah will have read-write access to joes files!)5
3. Now read the information into the netinfo database. It is a good idea not to screw this up.
sudo niload -m -v fstab . < /etc/fstab
4. You can now mount the remote filesystems with the commands
sudo mount /nfs_mountpoint/Simpson
sudo mount /nfs_mountpoint/Homer
or to mount all at once, issue
sudo mount -a
Next time you reboot, the automounter and the NFS Startup Item will handle the mounting for you. I'll mention a couple of tweaks you might want to make in a moment, but first lets look at how to export a filesystem.
Exporting your filesystems with NFS
The previous section assumed your computer was a client machine. Now let's assume it is a server. Any machine can be both, so well export our filesystem /Users to the machine called Simpson for this example.
To export a filesystem, you need to do the following:
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mountd nfsd -t -u -n 6
This is more or less equivalent to issuing exportfs -a on other unix systems.
You've been served, as they say on British TV and in the grand jury subpoena business.
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Looking forward to having Steam on Linux? Read this.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n … px=MTA3OTY
We are running into a bunch of performance issues in Linux drivers (e.g. 50 millisecond draw calls because the driver is compiling a shader).
We'd like to hire someone to work on these performance issues. If you know of anyone we should be talking to, I'd appreciate getting connected with them.
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Maybe you are just the one they are looking for. Having Steam on Linux would be great and it would pull some people over to Linux Distros.
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blackout23
Last edited by blackout23 (2012-03-31 12:44:38)

WorMzy wrote:
Paingiver wrote:And if even it is Steam DRM only, does it not bother you? Chaining to a client?
I'm not sure what you mean by chaining, but it doesn't bother me. I'd get the benefit of having a significant number of my games accessible from anywhere in the world, at the cost of having to use a single client to access them. I don't even have to update my games manually.
To me, Steam is basically just a package manager. I don't mind having to use it any more than I mind having to use pacman.
The only downside is that you can't (AFAIK) play most (all?) of your games when you're offline. I'm connected 99% of the time anyway, and I'm not going to throw my toys out of my pram over the other 1%.
It is not like pacman. You don't need to launch pacman when you are launching your applications. Or be online. The offline mode is broken purposely everyone knows that. Apart from them Steam has regional pricing and regional locking.
How can you salivate a program doesn't even a bit respecting your freedom and use Linux?

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