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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. if this is viable maybe no more windows for me by Dan667 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    if Steam works on Linux with enough games I may just skip Windows 8 and everything after that.

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

    Slashdot is miraculously blessed by IT departments. In one of the offices I work at, their connection is so limited it's untrue - even stuff like the Community Recycling Network (crn.org.uk) is blocked, and the block page says "Category: None" so it may even be a whitelist.

    Yet all the slashdot subdomains and the main one are completely unfiltered - along with, suspiciously enough, things like The Register and xkcd. So it's geeks policing geeks I guess. I get a free pass!

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  3. Re:I've got a vague idea of what Steam is - by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The simplest way to explain Steam is that it is DRM done right.

    Speaking as somebody who recently lived in a hotel with shitty wifi for 6 months, I have to chuckle at that statement. It stopped being "DRM done right" when it decided it wouldn't let me play my single-player game while the wifi was down.

    Don't get me wrong, I do agree with most of your post, especially the point about it being a deterrent to piracy, but really it's not 'right' it's just courteously applied lube.

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  4. Re:I've got a vague idea of what Steam is - by Spad · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Every game purchased through Steam requires online activation, every single one

    You mean the online store, that you're using, while online, to purchase games, online, requires you to be online to install your game, that you download while online? Say it ain't so.

    The Steam DRM is optional, btw, entirely up to the publisher, which is why a lot of older games don't have it and can be run without Steam once they're installed.