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Valve Blog Announces Dates For Steam Linux External Beta

Posted by samzenpus on from the time-to-play dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In the third post to the new Valve Linux Blog, the Linux team has announced that starting next week they will begin their internal beta, with an external beta of 1000 users to begin mid 'some time in October.' There will be an external beta sign up page made available 'soon' according to the blog."

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  1. 1000? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "an external beta of 1000 users"

    Wow, they are rolling it out to the entire Linux gaming community at once with plenty of spots to spare.

    1. Re:1000? by artor3 · · Score: 5, Funny

      And I hear a few of them even have a sense of humor!

    2. Re:1000? by interval1066 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Do any of them have a sense of humor?

      $ man woman
      No manual entry for woman

      No, not at all.

      --
      Python: 'And then suddenly you have a language which says "we're all stuck with whatever the whiniest coder wants".'
  2. Anyone else first read "External" as "Eternal"? by bersl2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heart skipped a beat there.

    1. Re:Anyone else first read "External" as "Eternal"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Eternal Beta" does describe certain types of software you can find on Linux...

  3. Re:Mandatory Binding Arbitration by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 4, Funny

    you can't sign away your legal rights

    This would be clicking away your rights, that is totally different, and probably patentable.

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    This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
  4. Re:I would just like to say by NemosomeN · · Score: 5, Funny

    I doubt Gabe Newell is familiar with hunger strikes.

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    I hate grammar Nazi's.