Steam os released today in USA

I'll be trying it when I stop using my PC purely for crypto currency mining (currently has linux on it).

Could be a few months though, but think it's interesting :) I'm just wondering how well it'll handle non-Steam games if at all, as I do have a few in the pipeline which aren't or are unlikely to be steam games (Star Citizen, Elite: Dangerous etc).
 
At the moment I'm sure it's only going to be for steam/Linux games that are available now but it would be nice to see non steam? If it is even possible
 
So, the next few weeks are going to be filled with people screaming about how terrible SteamOS is, because they downloaded the very first public release, that is no doubt badly optimised, and lacking most of the functionality that it will have when it is properly finished. But they had to jump on the bandwagon as early as possible.

Not to mention the sudden realisation that 90% of their games library, doesn't actually work on linux.
 
if it allows me to stream any game to my large TV from my main PC and in future allow playback and scrapping on music and movie / tv show info then i would definatley be interested in using this on my home theatre PC..

No point using it for Linux games as the grx card in my HTPC is not up to running games.
 
Ceryndrion said:
So, the next few weeks are going to be filled with people screaming about how terrible SteamOS is, because they downloaded the very first public release, that is no doubt badly optimised, and lacking most of the functionality that it will have when it is properly finished. But they had to jump on the bandwagon as early as possible.

Not to mention the sudden realisation that 90% of their games library, doesn't actually work on linux.
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+1 hee hee I'm going to try it anyways and I'm sure people will realise it's a BETA
 
delpy8 said:
+1 hee hee I'm going to try it anyways and I'm sure people will realise it's a BETA
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i saw this quote in another thread...

However, the developer doesn't recommend that users try it out until next year unless they're already "an intrepid Linux hacker".
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if that is true, i wouldn't call it a beta - more like an alpha. i'd expect a beta to be linux noob friendly.
 
Interested to see what kernel it ships with, and if it's weighted towards either NVidia or AMD users.

Given the specs on the Steam boxes, I'm expecting NVidia however Valve's relationship with AMD and the expected performance hikes with 3.12/Mantle/better AMD drivers I think that might change.

edit - does anyone know when it's released? Guessing around late afternoon our time?
 
marc2003 said:
i saw this quote in another thread...



if that is true, i wouldn't call it a beta - more like an alpha. i'd expect a beta to be linux noob friendly.
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Just a cop out as far as I see

I'm pessimistic about it.

It's touted as this gaming OS, but I'm going to install Steam, and try say Borderlands 2, and boom, it's going to be a big load of not working :p

The only reason I can see them launching it now is mantle, which ironically debuts with BF4, so there's this "Come look at this AAA title on our OS"
 
Then just get Linux now and tinker.

It just can't be viable unless it has the same ease as Windows, which even that isn't as easy as a console, which is lets face it, we're valves trying to get into (That living room)

Been pessimistic since it was an announced, and I've already got my predictions how the OS is going perceived initially.

EDIT : Unless they're doing a streaming type thing like Onlive, IE, say I've bought Borderlands 2, I can stream it with my Steam OS.

Which will get them into the living room if it doesn't suck, but that's still not native gaming on the machine.
 
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Martini1991 said:
Then just get Linux now and tinker.

It just can't be viable unless it has the same ease as Windows, which even that isn't as easy as a console, which is lets face it, we're valves trying to get into (That living room)

Been pessimistic since it was an announced, and I've already got my predictions how the OS is going perceived initially.

EDIT : Unless they're doing a streaming type thing like Onlive, IE, say I've bought Borderlands 2, I can stream it with my Steam OS.

Which will get them into the living room if it doesn't suck, but that's still not native gaming on the machine.
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that's exactly the feature thats got me interested, I have a media center pc set up on my big screen running a 965 and a 7770, streaming games onto it from my main pc is a very attractive idea and costs me nothing, I don't expect to actually run games from the steam OS it's self but i like the idea of trying it from the very start and seeing how the video and game streaming is being implemented.
 
Rezident said:
On the plus side, it is not Microsoft.
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If it wasn't for companies like microsoft, you'd still be trying to balance your DMA's with your IRQ's while not crossing your I/O Addresses. I'm not saying that microsoft is a benevolent overseer, but, they have done a lot for standardisation within the PC market, which we wouldn't have otherwise.

Yes, linux is freeee.. free to do what it wants to do.. and what does it do? spawn a million different distributions, half of which don't work with the other half, and spends most of its time, bickering with itself, over how to get things done.

In the end, they are as bad as each other, but at least microsoft has a single way of doing things, albeit extremely slowly.
 
Ceryndrion said:
If it wasn't for companies like microsoft, you'd still be trying to balance your DMA's with your IRQ's while not crossing your I/O Addresses. I'm not saying that microsoft is a benevolent overseer, but, they have done a lot for standardisation within the PC market, which we wouldn't have otherwise.

Yes, linux is freeee.. free to do what it wants to do.. and what does it do? spawn a million different distributions, half of which don't work with the other half, and spends most of its time, bickering with itself, over how to get things done.

In the end, they are as bad as each other, but at least microsoft has a single way of doing things, albeit extremely slowly.
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Being saying this for years always laugh when I see people whine about Microsoft, without them we would not be having as much fun.
 
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