Apply To Be Part Of The Valve Linux Beta

[necro-lover]

I believe that you completely missed the ""

Cool down , i was pulling your chain

As for FlashPlayer, till there is a FOSS *FULLY* compatible player and/or HTML5 would dominate and replace it for good, we are bound to use it if you want to use FLASH in some sites....believe me, i TRULY test the FOSS options and they WON'T WORK at all i some sites that i like to visit


The day they would and/or HTML5 be used in those sites , believe me that i will dump happily FlashPlayer...

yes right... but hey sometimes you just don't want to follow a smiley in a angry tropic like this.

we really need to get rid of this flash player.

[89c51]

These valve people are really strange.

they check for so many stupid things : Windows/Wine windows-clind-steam usage,Flashplayer installed, then if you want to join the beta you need to fake your distro : Ubuntu and you need to use closed source drivers for Nvidia+AMD the only opensource driver supported is intel and so one and so one.

they really only want brain-damaged people.

The assumption that only technically competent people should use linux is beyond stupid. Ubuntu not a "real" distro. FFS they made linux far more popular and helped making it easier for everyone.

As for the drivers they need performance and want to provide a nice experience to the people using their products.

[necro-lover]

The assumption that only technically competent people should use linux is beyond stupid. Ubuntu not a "real" distro. FFS they made linux far more popular and helped making it easier for everyone.

As for the drivers they need performance and want to provide a nice experience to the people using their products.

??????? is was not my assumption someone without any clue just use the opensource radeon/noveau driver because they don't have any clue how to install the closed source drivers.

my assumption is that they really want brain damaged people who think that the installation of a closed source driver makes anything easier in the linux world.

[Licaon]

The irony is that the Steam for Linux community chat only works through Steam, which we still don't have a client for.

FALSE, I just completed the survey via Opera ( the client could not find the Linux beta group lol), the boxes are there and you can use them to select distro and such, you can do it without any Windows or WINE run client, just register a free Steam account and visit the link.
On a different thought, since you register with your ID and they have ID + System Info where they list WINE version and hardware specs, having and ID, having bought games ( important point one might guess ), having run Steam via WINE ( even WINE -git was detected yeah ), might improve your chances to access beta, well I hope.

[89c51]

??????? is was not my assumption someone without any clue just use the opensource radeon/noveau driver because they don't have any clue how to install the closed source drivers.

my assumption is that they really want brain damaged people who think that the installation of a closed source driver makes anything easier in the linux world.

The first sentence was a general comment. The second -for the drivers- was for you. I should have arranged the message differently but i was lazy.

[AJSB]

FALSE, I just completed the survey via Opera ( the client could not find the Linux beta group lol), the boxes are there and you can use them to select distro and such, you can do it without any Windows or WINE run client, just register a free Steam account and visit the link.
On a different thought, since you register with your ID and they have ID + System Info where they list WINE version and hardware specs, having and ID, having bought games ( important point one might guess ), having run Steam via WINE ( even WINE -git was detected yeah ), might improve your chances to access beta, well I hope.

What is the link fro the group ?!? i forgot to click it before closed window and have no clue what it is

[necro-lover]

The first sentence was a general comment. The second -for the drivers- was for you. I should have arranged the message differently but i was lazy.

OK no problem but i used the closed source drivers for years and it is a pain in the ass!

I use the open-source driver Radeon because I'm lazy and i never had any real problem with it.

But i had many problems with the closed source drivers... i mean real big problems.

So no thank you valve should just go fuck them self!

[Sverro2]

??????? is was not my assumption someone without any clue just use the opensource radeon/noveau driver because they don't have any clue how to install the closed source drivers.

my assumption is that they really want brain damaged people who think that the installation of a closed source driver makes anything easier in the linux world.

for the users it makes everything easier. That's just the way it is...

[89c51]

OK no problem but i used the closed source drivers for years and it is a pain in the ass!

I use the open-source driver Radeon because I'm lazy and i never had any real problem with it.

But i had many problems with the closed source drivers... i mean real big problems.

So no thank you valve should just go fuck them self!

I expect that during the beta period a number of people will test the FOSS drivers and the devs will fix any problems. I was hopping that the intel guys that have the code might test it but i don't think this happened.

I understand valve. They wanted to reach a wide audience with this move and give a pleasant experience. Hence the Ubuntu and blob choices. They wouldn't have reached the same audience if they targeted Slackware.

[ayandon]

Steam Beta For Linux Possibly Launching At UDS On Monday
http://thedroidguy.com/2012/10/steam...uds-on-monday/