So maybe this is a really dumb question, but why would anyone use SteamOS over any other distro? You can already install Steam and play Steam games on GNU/Linux.
SteamOS will probably be a really bastardized version of Linux. Being a platform centered around their digital distribution service, surely they'll add DRM or spying features into the OS itself.
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Anonymous2013-09-23 16:26
Just like Android!
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Anonymous2013-09-23 16:27
So i guess is Bye Bye Windows!
Microsoft will become the new Sun Microsystems
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Anonymous2013-09-23 16:36
>>4
It's supposedly optimized for gaming at the OS level, whatever that means.
>>7
It means exactly what it seems to mean: nothing.
This is just a thinly veiled ramp-up to the release of HW to run the "OS" they are supposedly releasing. Anyone expecting to get the same type of support on a homebrew machine with SteamOS vs. the Valve HW is kidding themselves.
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Anonymous2013-09-23 17:57
>supposedly releasing
Do you think they're not going to release it or something? I don't understand the doubt.
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Anonymous2013-09-23 18:05
>>9
It could become the Half Life 3 of operating systems. GNU Hurd is Duke Nukem Forever.
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Anonymous2013-09-23 18:12
It's either a complete rip off of Linux or will fail miserably.
Just use real Linux.
>>9
it will be 'released' the same way Chrome "OS" was 'released' several years ago; neckbeards will get it working on homebrew/non-OEM machines but won't be able to get it to actually run any games or do anything useful, it unstable, shitty HW support, etc.
10:1 it will barely be an OS by anyone who actually uses a computer's standards, again, just like Chrome "OS"
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Anonymous2013-09-23 19:31
real Linux
I think I'm supposed to say something about fast food in orbit here.
It's going to be real GNU/Linux. Anything that will work on it will work on normal desktop GNU/Linux and vice versa. It just might be a bit more locked down to prevent retards from running stupid commands or something.
The point is; It will cause a ton of support for making linux games.
Every one of you should be happy about that. This benefits you and Valve. What Valve wants out of it is:
1) Get away from windows, which is completely subjugated to MS control, for linux which is free and open source, on top have having vast technical/practical benefits.
2) Enter the console market.
They are killing two birds with one stone, and helping linux at the same time.
By the way, I went to gamefaqs, gamespot, and IGN forums to discuss it today. Some retarded shit has been said about it, basically people who have no clue even remotely what "operating system" means and just thinks everything is "windows".
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Anonymous2013-09-23 19:51
>>15
I must admit I do wish I could use an open OS and still play games. I went to gamefaqs, gamespot, and IGN forums ALL CREDIBILITY AND RESPECT LOST
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Anonymous2013-09-23 19:52
>>16
I've never once in my life posted on them before. I was just itching to talk about it with people who have no clue.
>>4
i think it's competing with ouya and xmbc type things.. but with an emphasis on more hardcore gaming offered through video streaming from a stronger computer.
Linux on a PC hardware.
Will have the Steam software.
Will be open source.
Will stream a game from a Windows pc on your local network to steam-os.
Native support for game controllers (xbox controllers by default?).
I guess that's all. INB4 faggots running shiichan on steam-os.
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Anonymous2013-09-23 21:49
>>24 Native support for game controllers
Already exists in a lot of games. And even if there isn't native auto-detection, you can remap your controller's keys to work with the game's control scheme.
Yeah, there might be issues with analog sticks, but let's be honest -- if you're ``gaming'' on GNU/Linux, you're playing a 2D ``indie'' platformer game which only uses arrow keys or a D-pad, or Source Engine FPSes which are better with a mouse and keyboard anyway.
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Anonymous2013-09-23 21:55
Does this have good eroge?
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Anonymous2013-09-23 22:07
>>26
There are one or two OELVNs on Steam, but they're not lewd.