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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. You won't have to use Steam to benefit from this. by Jartan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The intent is more to get Steam users off Windows and onto Linux than to take advantage of the current Linux market.

    With Windows 8 announcing an app shop and scaring the hell out of small time developers we could finally see a real push for Linux adoption.

  2. Re:I've got a vague idea of what Steam is - by NemosomeN · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The simplest way to explain Steam is that it is DRM done right. If you pirate the game, you get the game for free. But, you lose auto updates, chat client, steam trading, access to servers with anti-cheat features, etc.

    It deters piracy by adding value to legally purchased games.

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