any body got any news on steam for linux

bpb101 · 10-11-2012 12:16am

Tripwire facebook says
"
http://www.killingfloorthegame/
http://www.redorchestragame.com/

We are pleased to announce that Killing Floor and Red Orchestra: Ostfront are now Steam Linux titles available in the Steam beta. Those in the beta just need to download the titles and provide us feedback and bugs.

"

bpb101 · 12-11-2012 7:34pm

posted less than 1 minute ago

Steam for Linux client has been updated
posted by Frank @ 06:33PM on November 12, 2012
A new version of the Steam for Linux client was released last Friday.
Your Steam client will update automatically. If you wish to force the update, click Check for Steam Client Updates... from the top-level Steam menu.

bpb101 · 14-11-2012 3:39pm

Talk about a quick game.
Log straight into steam big picture mode.

This 3rd Party 'hack' Is a great idea. It something that valve could look into developing ( Obviously easily enough if somebody made it in a week)

It really gives Linux gaming the edge to be able to do this.
If you done this on mac , they probably have you in court

matrim · 14-11-2012 4:09pm

bpb101 wrote: »

Talk about a quick game.
Log straight into steam big picture mode.

This 3rd Party 'hack' Is a great idea. It something that valve could look into developing ( Obviously easily enough if somebody made it in a week)

It really gives Linux gaming the edge to be able to do this.
If you done this on mac , they probably have you in court

As soon as I saw the big picture mode, all I could think was that it was a start towards a simple WM replacement similar to how you can launch directly into XBMC. It might possibly even be a step towards Valve trying out a dedicated linux gaming console

Actually that would be pretty cool, a dedicated gaming PC \ Console where you have the choice to login to either steam for games or XMBC for other media

Grudaire · 14-11-2012 5:11pm

matrim wrote: »

Actually that would be pretty cool, a dedicated gaming PC \ Console where you have the choice to login to either steam for games or XMBC for other media

As long as they keep it more simple than the PS3 menu.

Damn it Sony, if I am turning the PS3 on I want to play a game, why do you make me scroll around to reach the game?

bpb101 · 15-11-2012 2:06am

Cliste wrote: »

As long as they keep it more simple than the PS3 menu.

Damn it Sony, if I am turning the PS3 on I want to play a game, why do you make me scroll around to reach the game?

If you are on the beta - if you click the big picture button it should display what you get if.
The difference between steam and playstation is you can only play 1 game ( real game- forget about the downloaded ones for a free euros). that game is on the disc. Your dead right though pointless scrolling to find a game on the ps3
I Think your library appears when You sign into it.

bpb101 · 15-11-2012 10:31pm

anynody who has bought the humble bundle , just for the crack of it , get's 5 free games
you who didn't - for shame. You Can still get the 'new' games but you gotta pay more the average.

Now , 4 games you set the price for but if you want the rest, you got to pay more than the average (6 games cost more than the adverage) - not really setting your own price anymore are we?

anyways - http://www.humblebundle.com/ More games are a waiting

bpb101 · 15-11-2012 11:16pm

posted less than 2 minutes ago

How's it going?
posted by Frank @ 10:13PM on November 15, 2012
]It's been a little over a week since we kicked off the beta, and we're happy to report that it's going well.

The Steam for Linux team and our game developer partners have been keeping a close eye on the discussions here. Participants' feedback has been really helpful – keep it coming! The bugs reported in our [url=https://steamcommunity.com/login/home/?goto=app/221410/discussions/1/
]sub-forum[/url] for beta participants have led us to focus recent work on the following areas:

UI inconsistencies
Graphics drivers, both open source and proprietary
Steam store configuration tweaks
General stability

For those readers who want to know more about the technical details of the limited beta, we've added read-only access (to all group members) to the Limited Beta sub-forum. This is a forum we've been using for bug tracking and we've gotten great response so far.

Although we're primarily targeting Ubuntu 12.04, we also have testers using Steam for Linux on a variety of other distributions such as Arch Linux and Debian, with more to come.

Our beta remains small at this point due to stability issues. That said, recent incremental improvements in our client's stability have enabled us to invite 500 more survey respondents to the beta this week. Next week, Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) participants will start joining the program and testing the client too. We're thrilled to see so many Steam users excited to join in and help out. We're working furiously to further improve stability and support for more participants. Stay tuned, as we’ll continue broadening beta access over the coming weeks.[/LEFT]

bpb101 · 17-11-2012 12:28am

posted less than 20 minutes ago - I know , im getting slower
http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/the-great-winter-migration/

It is unusual for penguins to migrate but our penguins are a bit different; perhaps it has something to do with the heat? In any event, the Steam for Linux limited beta began in early November with the initial group taken from respondents to the Steam for Linux beta survey. We are adding more participants on a regular basis so if you haven’t filled out the survey, you can find it here.
In order to support the large interest around the limited beta, we’ve created a new Steam for Linux Hub and “migrated” our information and support over. It offers all the features of a Steam Game Hub, so you’ll be able to keep tabs on Linux announcements, discussions and news. Join the official group and you’ll even see our announcements in your community activity feed.
Future plans for the blog are to be determined but for now you can find all the latest info at the Steam for Linux hub:
http://steamcommunity.com/linux .
See you there!
- the Valve Linux team

matrim · 21-11-2012 7:39pm

I just got an email "Welcome to the "Steamlinuxbeta" mailing list". Everything looks official on it. Does this mean that I'm now officially part of the beta?

When I opened steam it auto-updated but there was no indication that I'm now part of the beta that I can see.

bpb101 · 21-11-2012 7:57pm

matrim wrote: »

I just got an email "Welcome to the "Steamlinuxbeta" mailing list". Everything looks official on it. Does this mean that I'm now officially part of the beta?

When I opened steam it auto-updated but there was no indication that I'm now part of the beta that I can see.

i asked an associate of mine who said yes that this means you are on the beta . There is such a thing as "steamlinuxbeta mailing list " - congrats

bpb101 · 21-11-2012 8:14pm

Limited Beta Expansion
posted by Frank @ 07:14PM on November 21, 2012
We're making good progress finding and fixing issues that our users have reported so we're expanding the beta by 5000 before the long holiday (US) weekend kicks in. New limited beta testers will have an email notification in their inbox.

Have a great weekend everyone!

less than 30 sec ago- getting faster

matrim · 22-11-2012 11:53am

And my invite coincides with a steam sale. Interesting

bpb101 · 30-11-2012 12:53am

the best email arrived in my inbox today
chuffed so i was

bpb101 · 30-11-2012 1:49am

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/05/serious-sam-3-developer-speaks-out-against-windows-8/?ns_campaign=article-feed&ns_mchannel=ref&ns_source=steam&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

Serious sam 3 developers speaks out about windows 8 - Can anybody guess of how much of a fan he is? ( The answer is not much)

bpb101 · 03-12-2012 12:15am

A bit of good news. Portal 1 may be coming to linux.

As you know , on thursday i was granted access to the offical beta. And as a result serious sam 3 arrived into my libary.(under Linux games)
Yesterday Portal was given to me. However it did not appear on my linux list.
I Asked a windows friend did he get it and he didn't. There was a guy on the steam linux beta chat on steam that said other official betaers got it as well.

Why would they give a windows game to a linux user? Well, I doubt its to encourage linux users to play on windows...

matrim · 03-12-2012 12:24am

bpb101 wrote: »

A bit of good news. Portal 1 may be coming to linux.

As you know , on thursday i was granted access to the offical beta. And as a result serious sam 3 arrived into my libary.(under Linux games)
Yesterday Portal was given to me. However it did not appear on my linux list.
I Asked a windows friend did he get it and he didn't. There was a guy on the steam linux beta chat on steam that said other official betaers got it as well.

Why would they give a windows game to a linux user? Well, I doubt its to encourage linux users to play on windows...

I'll have to check if I got portal tomorrow. Haven't logged into Windows in a few days to check.

One thing is that it's very awkward to raise bugs. Trying to find if something is raised to +1 it is hard and annoying. And I don't want to start a new thread for something small that is likely to have already been raised

bpb101 · 03-12-2012 12:31am

matrim wrote: »

I'll have to check if I got portal tomorrow. Haven't logged into Windows in a few days to check.

One thing is that it's very awkward to raise bugs. Trying to find if something is raised to +1 it is hard and annoying. And I don't want to start a new thread for something small that is likely to have already been raised

Try searching key words into the search bar on the search of the discussions. Only problem i find is i searches with the general discussions. I sent in a bug report about when Alt+ tab is clicked. The steam icon is very blury. I got 1 person that said "indeed" but no official acknowledgment.

Please post when you check , it will be very interesting to see if you got it too

matrim · 03-12-2012 9:45am

bpb101 wrote: »

Try searching key words into the search bar on the search of the discussions. Only problem i find is i searches with the general discussions. I sent in a bug report about when Alt+ tab is clicked. The steam icon is very blury. I got 1 person that said "indeed" but no official acknowledgment.

Please post when you check , it will be very interesting to see if you got it too

I've tried searching but as you mention it shows the General Discussion posts aswell and I didn't find the search great.

bpb101 · 03-12-2012 5:12pm

matrim wrote: »

I've tried searching but as you mention it shows the General Discussion posts aswell and I didn't find the search great.

did you find portal in your library

bpb101 · 03-12-2012 10:23pm

On a disscusion , to which frank (basicly valve linux news updateor and general hero )

frank quoted "the only reason Portal was mentioned [in the Download link on Email with key( uds people got a key instead of steamlinuxbeta being registered to their account)] was due to a requirement we had when creating the limited beta keys. It [portal] has not been ported to Ubuntu 12.04 at this time."

However... "Not at this time" and the fact that it was still given to beters suggest that it will be ported or is in the process of begin ported.

shizz · 03-12-2012 11:40pm

Port Portal 2!!! I bought it in the autumn sale. :v

matrim · 03-12-2012 11:47pm

Portal is showing in my Windows install as being part of my library and I'm pretty sure I didn't have it before

bpb101 · 04-12-2012 12:16am

shizz wrote: »

Port Portal 2!!! I bought it in the autumn sale. :v

Dont be telling me , i would if i could

Hopefully we will get some more news about for left for dead 2 soon.
hopefully , source 2 will have full linux support.

bpb101 · 05-12-2012 9:23pm

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/12/steam-games-begin-adding-linux-system-requirements?

matrim · 06-12-2012 9:16pm

Serious Sam3 is no longer free for the linux beta users

Just as I was getting into it

bpb101 · 06-12-2012 9:59pm

matrim wrote: »

Serious Sam3 is no longer free for the linux beta users

Just as I was getting into it

so we beta test there game and thats how they repay us...ba****

bpb101 · 06-12-2012 10:11pm

update
sorry for my slow update time of a half an hour and a bit
for some reason i cant post so here the gist

http://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail/1749910796493493022
(could mange to copy and paste a link)

Large beta expansion - check your emails

forums divided into valve games non valve games + graphics cards

everybody great but stop repeating bugs, just add comments

ss3 is over for beaters

Masked Man · 07-12-2012 4:30pm

Go to sign up for the mailing list just to see if i can. Check my inbox to get the initial email and see one from two o'clock this morning saying I'm on the mailing list and in the beta. Happy days.

Goodshape · 07-12-2012 4:50pm

Bah.. got the invite but haven't been able to get it working on my 64bit Linux Mint 12 install

any body got any news on steam for linux

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