Re: Valve Announcement - Steam client coming to Ubuntu
I tried it in 12.10, worked like a charm, only felt (as someone mentioned) a little sluggish. Bigpicture-mode worked good too, browsed around for a while in there. I'm not a beta-tester, and I don't think it's the right approach to "bypass" the "beta-restriction" on day 1, so I kinda regret trying it out, so I uninstalled it and will now wait for open-beta or public release. :)
But it's so great that something like this is finally happening! :guitar:
Re: Valve Announcement - Steam client coming to Ubuntu
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ShadowBumble
I wonder if the client is restricted to 12.04, or does it apply to tho whole 12.x branch so that it runs on 12.10 also. Sadly enough i wasn't chosen in the BETA but can somebody confirm or deny this ?
Even though i wasn't invited to the beta, I was able to find, download, and install the beta with minimal effort. As far as I can tell, it seems to work just fine on 12.10, although I couldn't get very far because the moment you log in, you're immediately given a warning message that says the current version is restricted to accounts that are part of the beta, and closing the message also closes steam.
Re: Valve Announcement - Steam client coming to Ubuntu
I attended the UDS (remotely) where Valve said that people with email addresses in Launchpad would get access to the beta. I did not get an invite.. Does that mean the remote attendees did not qualify?
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dutchhome
I attended the UDS (remotely) where Valve said that people with email addresses in Launchpad would get access to the beta. I did not get an invite.. Does that mean the remote attendees did not qualify?
As far as I know, no.
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Dlambert
Linkified!
Re: Valve Announcement - Steam client coming to Ubuntu
Even if you use the bypass you don't get access to TF2 and I will assume to any other Valve games until they let you in.
At least now I have installed and played several Humble Bundle games, which is cool :)
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Re: Valve Announcement - Steam client coming to Ubuntu
Here's my guide to install the new nvidia drivers: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2081649