Linux for Steam beta takes in 5,000 new testers

Valve has invited in 5,000 additional participants for the Linux for Steam beta test.

The company explained things have progressed to the point where it’s ready to bring in a larger number of testers.

We’re making good progress finding and fixing issues that our users have reported so we’re expanding the beta by 5000 before the long holiday (US) weekend kicks in,” a Valve rep posted on Steam’s community site.

The beta kicked off a couple weeks ago with a small pool of testers pulled from some 60,000 applicants.