Half-Life in Win2000/Linux?

[Pace]

I've been trying to find out if Half-Life will run under Windows 2000 - I believe I saw mention of a patch on Blue's but I haven't seen it since and I don't know if it was a Half-Life patch or a Windows one.

And I may as well ask if anybody knows if there are any plans for a Linux version (whether from Valve or other). A friend at our LAN games refuses to play Half-Life just because it don't run on his (Linux) machine - causing the rest of us to do without (and, incidentally I've got 2 systems so he'd be playing on my 2nd sys - a Win2k box).

Any help welcome,

Paul.

[fds]

The game itself should run well under Win2000, although whether your video card's OGL drivers will be good enough is another question.

There is only a Linux dedicated server of Half-Life, with no client planned as far as I know.