Steam OS

[ZX7R]

I think we may need a new forum category!

Valve announce Steam OS

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/

Thousands of games, millions of users. Everything you love about Steam.

Available soon as a free operating system designed for the TV and the living room.

Steam is coming to a new operating system

As we’ve been working on bringing Steam to the living room, we’ve come to the conclusion that the environment best suited to delivering value to customers is an operating system built around Steam itself.

SteamOS combines the rock-solid architecture of Linux with a gaming experience built for the big screen.

It will be available soon as a free stand-alone operating system for living room machines.

Living room & Steam
Finally, you don’t have to give up your favorite games, your online friends, and all the Steam features you love just to play on the big screen. SteamOS, running on any living room machine, will provide access to the best games and user-generated content available.

Fast forward
In SteamOS, we have achieved significant performance increases in graphics processing, and we’re now targeting audio performance and reductions in input latency at the operating system level. Game developers are already taking advantage of these gains as they target SteamOS for their new releases.

Cooperating system
Steam is not a one-way content broadcast channel, it’s a collaborative many-to-many entertainment platform, in which each participant is a multiplier of the experience for everyone else. With SteamOS, “openness” means that the hardware industry can iterate in the living room at a much faster pace than they’ve been able to. Content creators can connect directly to their customers. Users can alter or replace any part of the software or hardware they want. Gamers are empowered to join in the creation of the games they love. SteamOS will continue to evolve, but will remain an environment designed to foster these kinds of innovation.

[tombott]

Good news, and a good move!

http://www.zdnet.com/steamos-the-lin...ng-7000021059/

[macmilm]

I think this is excellent news... will be good as a standalone gaming machine imho
but the flaw could be in attracting linux users you are attempting to attract a lot of users that expect everything for free (i know that isnt ALL linux users before I get flamed)

[Mr.James]

All they need to do now is run it up the flag pole and push the button on that


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[Northernbloke]

All they need to do now is run it up the flag pole and push the button on that


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Aren't we supposed to shoehorn Linux onto it before we push the button?

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[Mr.James]

Aren't we supposed to shoehorn Linux onto it before we push the button?

SteamOS combines the rock-solid architecture of Linux with a gaming experience built for the big screen.

Somebody beat us to that part...


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[emu]

what sort of specs do you need to run this?

[tombott]

I think this is excellent news... will be good as a standalone gaming machine imho
but the flaw could be in attracting linux users you are attempting to attract a lot of users that expect everything for free (i know that isnt ALL linux users before I get flamed)

I think this is a common misconception.
Since I've been using Linux I've paid for / donated for more software than i ever did in all the years I used Windows.
Take a look at the stats on the HumbleBundle page. Linux user consistently pay more than Windows or Mac users. I know that's only one isolated example but hey!

[Shotgunjim]

So I assume this will be sold on its own bit if tin? Aren't they releasing a new console soon??

[macmilm]

I think this is a common misconception.
Since I've been using Linux I've paid for / donated for more software than i ever did in all the years I used Windows.
Take a look at the stats on the HumbleBundle page. Linux user consistently pay more than Windows or Mac users. I know that's only one isolated example but hey!

I suppose its a mixed bag... all the Linux fanboys I know are the stingiest bunch around.. always harping on about everything being free on Linux e.t.c

[Goldberg]

How soon before something like this/onlive is integrated into Smart TV's

That is when the money will roll in for them.