Valve's Steam Linux Beta About To Drop?

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Valve's Steam Linux Beta About To Drop?

A lot of Phoronix readers have been writing in this morning with the feeling that the Steam Linux Beta is likely about to happen...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE3NzU

[susikala]

You remind me of a dog who licks its own ...

[uh20]

i personally dont think the beta is coming out as soon as you say, more likely next month, but heck earlier is all the better

the main thing to be suprised about is how they used the unity desktop to display steam, what if they manage to reserve a spot in the official menu button.

[ruinairas]

another source popped up here http://cdr.thebronasium.com/sub/16549

[blackout23]

The end is neigh!

[rustybroomhandle]

When is this guy going to stop with the obnoxious self-congratulatory bullshit?

[psycho_driver]

Good timing if true, considering I have 2 new-to-me gtx 460's arriving today, 2 new 750w psu's, and a new 32" monitor I'll be using while transitioning my current tiny 27" to my wife's (ubuntu) pc. I'm pretty confident I can get whatever they release working on my gentoo box

[psycho_driver]

When is this guy going to stop with the obnoxious self-congratulatory bullshit?

Never. Deal with it, stop reading, or start your own linux news site and try to be less obnoxious.

[dimko]

You remind me of a dog who licks its own ...

to tell you go and fsck.ext3 yourself. Got nothing good to say? Don't say it.

[dimko]

Good timing if true, considering I have 2 new-to-me gtx 460's arriving today, 2 new 750w psu's, and a new 32" monitor I'll be using while transitioning my current tiny 27" to my wife's (ubuntu) pc. I'm pretty confident I can get whatever they release working on my gentoo box

Don't expect SLI to give any serious performance boost. my experience shows, decrease in performance actually.
SLI has to be supported by the game itself.(and i am talking about Linux version)
And I am sure as hell you will get it ruining on reasonable FPS.
I got 470, in wine game was working quite wel, but at some stage FPS dropped for second or two to like a few FPS, so not really usable. also over clock on those cards is not possible, at least for 470 seria for sure.