I really don't understand why (in terms of number of users) Debian-based wasn't the number 1 priority, let alone why Gentoo was given preference to it.
I'm most likely misunderstanding you, but a debian package (though I think geared towards Ubuntu) was the first thing released, in fact a lot of those listed in this wiki page are built _from_ the debian package. http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/
All of the packages listed there are unofficial. Your question should be "why did a Gentoo user step up and make a package before a Debian user did" The official package is for Ubuntu.
I installed this on my netbook running Arch last night, really excited because I had steam keys for all of the linux-capable games in the current Humble Bundle.
Sadly, the ones I tried all said they're not supported on my platform. bubble.Burst();
Netbooks may not be equipped with the latest and greatest 3D, but a lot of indie games are essentially 2D, just using the 3D for compositing. There's no reason those wouldn't work.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 50.3 ms ] threadEdit: oh duh. Completely skipped over that since I remember this page saying nothing of the sort.
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_under_Linux#N...
Valve actually focused on Ubuntu, logical choice.
Sadly, the ones I tried all said they're not supported on my platform. bubble.Burst();