zoot Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Valve Linux Steam Client Beta ApplicationWe're looking for Linux gamers to install and test our new Steam for Linux client. We are primarily interested in experienced Linux users.In order to take the survey, you need to first login with your Steam account to link your response with your Steam ID.Head over here if you're interested: http://www.valvesoftware.com/linuxsurvey.phpI will be attending the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Copenhagen in a few days and hope there will be some kind of beta announcement there as well. There will also be a number of game development related sessions that I will try to attend and report back on if I pick up anything of relevance to 0 A.D. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MishFTW Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Awesome news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoot Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 Drew Bliss of Valve Software giving his talk at UDS:He has just announced that everyone here are in the beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo38 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 The question is : does Steam accept Alpha (or Beta) games ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoot Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 The question is : does Steam accept Alpha (or Beta) games ?Steam Greenlight apparently does: http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16476entry249547 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoot Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Limited beta begins today, will expand in the future: http://store.steampowered.com/news/9289/An interesting side effect of Valve's efforts is that NVIDIA has been able to double the performance of their proprietary graphics drivers for Linux, which should also be of benefit to 0 A.D. players: http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/Releases/NVIDIA-Delivers-Massive-Performance-Boost-to-Linux-Gaming-8ac.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo38 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 An interesting side effect of Valve's efforts is that NVIDIA has been able to double the performance of their proprietary graphics drivers for Linux, which should also be of benefit to 0 A.D. players: http://nvidianews.nv...Gaming-8ac.aspxVery good news for Linux-users, thanks zoot ! Everyday new stuffs confirm that I made a good choice by choosing Linux and free open-source programs. It takes time to have interesting steps like this one above, but it finally comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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