Valve have just published their survey to gather participants for the upcoming 1,000 participant Steam for Linux beta.
The survey asks about the hardware, distros and window managers that users are running, as well as how long they have been using Linux for.
A reminder about the type of people they're after from the latest blog post:
http://www.valvesoftware.com/linuxsurvey.php
Good luck to everybody! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
The survey asks about the hardware, distros and window managers that users are running, as well as how long they have been using Linux for.
A reminder about the type of people they're after from the latest blog post:
QuoteFor existing Linux users, the external private beta is a good release for seeing where we are in running our games on Linux. We will be using a sign up page for the external beta. Information about the sign up will be announced in a future post.
For those new to Linux, we recommend waiting for a subsequent release where more features are implemented along with improvements to the user install experience.
http://www.valvesoftware.com/linuxsurvey.php
Good luck to everybody! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Qantourisc Oct 27, 2012
I got to fill in other distro other window manager, things are not looking good for me :)
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Cheeseness 
Oct 27, 2012
Actually, the Valve guys had said in comments on the recent blog post that they wanted as broad a selection of hardware and software configurations as they could get. Perhaps that'll work in your favour ^_^
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Sent mine in to. Thanks for the heads up.
Reading the comments in the steam group most people have quads and hexa core CPU's. There way more powerful then I ever had.
Reading the comments in the steam group most people have quads and hexa core CPU's. There way more powerful then I ever had.
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I just realized I've got a very weak and sub-par machine. Hopefully that qualifies me for it, since they want a huge range of machines.
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Sent mine in, i hope they publish stats on how many people sign up for it that would be very interesting to see.
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other distro selected, but then the gfx driver was weird, could only select via ubuntu repo so picked manual
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Qantourisc Oct 27, 2012
I just realized I've got a very weak and sub-par machine. Hopefully that qualifies me for it, since they want a huge range of machines.
See:
Actually, the Valve guys had said in comments on the recent blog post that they wanted as broad a selection of hardware and software configurations as they could get. Perhaps that'll work in your favour ^_^
:)
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FutureSuture Nov 3, 2012
So why did Valve not update the Valve Linux Blog with this survey? It's been over a month since the last update.
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Who knows maybe now they proper groups are up on the website it will just be all done there?
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FutureSuture Nov 3, 2012
It caused some confusion judging from what I have seen. They could have updated both as well as announced that the updates will move to the groups. Silly Valve!
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Indeed I don't know why they didn't, I wander how long it will take them to sift through all the applicants, probably at least a week? So maybe closed beta end of next week?
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FutureSuture Nov 3, 2012
This is taking too long for my taste. :p The sooner Steam hits Linux in full force, the sooner GOG can get to it as well!
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[URL='https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time']Valve Time[/URL] :)
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FutureSuture Nov 3, 2012
[URL='https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time#Reverse_Valve_Time']Reverse Valve Time[/URL] :p
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Cheeseness Nov 5, 2012
If I were to guess, I'd say they're on the cusp of getting the beta out, and that's taking precedence.
I've been in a couple of projects where we've wanted to coordinate a lot of stuff with a release date, but that date slipping has caused other things to hang in limbo.
Since the beta is only going to be accessible to a tiny portion of Linux enthusiasts, too much beta news probably wouldn't be a good thing. That said, I'm surprised that there wasn't a corresponding blog entry talking about the survey - I guess they'll be continuing to ask people to fill out the survey after the initial limited beta has gone live.
I've been in a couple of projects where we've wanted to coordinate a lot of stuff with a release date, but that date slipping has caused other things to hang in limbo.
Since the beta is only going to be accessible to a tiny portion of Linux enthusiasts, too much beta news probably wouldn't be a good thing. That said, I'm surprised that there wasn't a corresponding blog entry talking about the survey - I guess they'll be continuing to ask people to fill out the survey after the initial limited beta has gone live.
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