Valve has let us know that the next week a internal b lwa tatest will start with a for Linux, purpose-built Steam-client. Also, an external group of a thousand persons, the Linux version of Valves downloadplatform test.
The announcement for a beta test of a Linux version of the Steam client is done on the Valve blog. Next week, Valve is an internal beta test to start with a Linux distribution running on Ubuntu 12.04 is based. Not only for Linux, purpose-built Steam client would be part of the testronde, but also the game Portal. The new Big Picture would, however, have not yet been included in the Linux edition of Steam, nor does any other pc titles.
For a broader test start Valve in the course of October as a closed beta, where a thousand persons. The company promises to soon have a sign-up page to open it for those interested. Or Valve selection criteria will take is not yet clear.
Valve has been working for some time on a Linux version of Steam which should enable pc games to run on the opensourcebesturingssysteem. The company has already previously indicated that Windows 8 as a ‘catastrophe for everyone in the pc market,” behold, because of the closed nature of the operating system. Valve would be especially the Windows Store as a dangerous competitor for its own downloadplatform consider.
Update 18:20: The included game shows Portal, Left 4 Dead 2. The information is adapted accordingly.