Valve, known from the Steam platform and the Source engine, would be actively looking for a Linux developer. The company would the developer need to increase the graphics performance of code to improve on the Linux platform.
Reports that Phoronix on the basis of an e-mail sent by Valve founder and director Gabe Newell has been sent. The website claims that the authenticity of the vacancy is confirmed by Valve. The company writes in the e-mail that it is against performance issues encountered with graphics Linux-drivers. As an example, gives Valve unwanted delay in the use of shaders. Therefore, it would be Valve’s actively looking for a Linux developer with specific knowledge of graphics drivers on the Linux platform.
In 2010, were there rumors that Valve through an employment advertisement looking for a software engineer for the Steam platform. However, it was to go to an outdated vacancy, and Valve denied at the time, rumors that the on short term a Steam version for Linux on the market.
It is not inconceivable that Valve is now more interest has been given for the Linux market. The Android platform has grown strongly in recent years and parts of the code are in the Linux-kernel included. In addition, projects like the Humble Indie Bundles show that Linux users want to pay for games. In addition to that Valve on the Big Picture Mode project, in which the Steam-portal to television screens.