For some time now Steam has made mention about Linux every so often. Even as far back as when the Mac client was launched there was talk about eventually getting onto Linux. Still, things have been mostly quiet on Valve's end until a brand new blog debuted today. It's a post by the Valve Linux Team and they have shared a little about their existence and what they're working on.

Earlier this year news got out that Valve had gotten Left 4 Dead 2 running stably on Ubuntu, but not much else came after it. Now the team is speaking and saying they want to get Left 4 Dead 2 running as well as it does for Windows OSes. Not only that, but they want the Steam client ported over and to retain all functionality. As you might expect, they're also hoping to get other games running too.

Their biggest goal is simply getting Steam to run with all its features on Ubuntu 12.04. So far they've done well, and eventually, want to bring it to other Linux distributions too. It might not be the most exciting news but it's a start.