SteamOS Official Thread.

I'll have to wait it out a bit before I install, seems AMD drivers aren't integrated into the current SteamOS build, and adding them might be difficult? The installation of SteamOS seems like it could be complicated as well. If someone who tests it out wants to put a guide up here at some point, that would be appreciated.
 
gropingmantis said:
Its not that hard to install fglrx yourself from the binaries but given the state of the SteamMachines its not a surprise. Also AMD's Linux support sucks hard. Thats not to say Nvidia is much better, seems like only Intel really know how to make good Linux graphics drivers.
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NVidia are marginally better than AMD, but I've had some success with both. NVidia drivers were easier to install, but AMD's were more stable once finally installed. :D

SLI on Xubuntu was a non-starter for me, I'm expecting Crossfire to be the same initially.

Whatever happens SteamOS should mean the pair of them up their game, sharpish.
 
gropingmantis said:
Its not that hard to install fglrx yourself from the binaries but given the state of the SteamMachines its not a surprise. Also AMD's Linux support sucks hard. Thats not to say Nvidia is much better, seems like only Intel really know how to make good Linux graphics drivers.
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Hopefully now SteamOS is in the wild, both AMD and Nvidia will step up their Linux support. I imagine a few months from now, it'll start to take shape as a usable OS. Hopefully in a few years, Windows will no longer be required, might mean Microsoft have to innovate to keep people on Windows :p Competition is a good thing..
 
randal said:
NVidia are marginally better than AMD, but I've had some success with both. NVidia drivers were easier to install, but AMD's were more stable once finally installed. :D

SLI on Xubuntu was a non-starter for me, I'm expecting Crossfire to be the same initially.

Whatever happens SteamOS should mean the pair of them up their game, sharpish.
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Thats what I'm hoping for. Even if SteamOS is mediocre as an OS it will still be a free alternative to Windows for people who mainly game and hopefully that will be the nudge to get the boulder rolling. The sooner game devs can shrug off the chains of D3D the better!
 
Skeeter said:
Lol.

Just replied to a Macro rant in the Windows thread, follow a link here and see the same pointless rant in here too :rolleyes:
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Just been reading the thread in the Windows forum. I have long ago given up trying to argue with people who claim that Linux is a) hard or b) broken. Just because they cant be bothered to try to get it to work. Linux != Windows.
Think of it this way: Windows is a toy car and Linux is a Lego kit for a toy car. With Windows it is only ever a toy car but you dont have to put it together. With Linux if you are willing to put the time and creativity into building it it can be a plane or a robot or a car or whatever you want it to be.
 
gropingmantis said:
Just been reading the thread in the Windows forum. I have long ago given up trying to argue with people who claim that Linux is a) hard or b) broken. Just because they cant be bothered to try to get it to work. Linux != Windows.
Think of it this way: Windows is a toy car and Linux is a Lego kit for a toy car. With Windows it is only ever a toy car but you dont have to put it together. With Linux if you are willing to put the time and creativity into building it it can be a plane or a robot or a car or whatever you want it to be.
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Macro doesn't seem to be complaining about Windows vs Linux, but more that the Steam ecosystem is a bad thing.

Yes it has DRM, yes you can't sell your games on, yes the prices are often £lol, but that's all of complete insignificance because hundreds of millions of people have already got tens or hundreds of games on it. All of the 'issues' Marco sites with using Steam OS exist already with Steam Client.
 
Is there an install guide or any supporting documentation available yet? If its in the file cool, mines still downloading.

Edit: Or not... my download keeps failing. Bed time anyway I think. This gives me something to play with tomorrow.
 
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There are mirrors about if you check the reddit/r/steamos site.

Won't be long for fixes tbh, theres people already fixed the debian cleanup and have got round the UEFI issue. Also it can be ran in a VM there are working .iso kicking about too.

I can't imagine it'll take long with the massive amount of community behind steam to get these bugs fixed, even more so when they get the source on github and stuff can be checked in or out!
 
Alos.

Download AMD drivers from their site
Linux x86_64. Next go to the console. Navigate to folder with drivers file. Write:

chmod 777 <AMD_Drivers_Filename.run>

./<AMD_Drivers_Filename.run>

They still arn't great though tbh. But arguably neither Nvidia or AMD performs great on Linux. As said before this should make them improve.
 
If this works as advertised i cant wait to build a low power steam box for the TV in the living room, wouldn't need to be very powerful if all it was doing was streaming from the gaming PC would it?

Hopefully there is away to stream non steam games that you can add to steam manually.

i need FIFA on the 50" HDTV!
 
Word to the wise doing the UEFI/Grub work around.

On boot, the installer will just trash the first disk and install SteamOS on it. Just lost my Windows install, and wasn't even presented with an option.

Just booted, trashed partitions, installed itself and that was that.

BE CAREFUL!

Beta my arse.

edit - just realised my Fallout 3 saves were on that volume. ******** rage. Up yours Gabe, up yours.
 
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marc2003 said:
^what's the point of putting a gaming OS inside a virtual environment with no graphics power at all? :/
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To work out what steps are needed to get it running basicly? And find out how it works unlike the poster above who lost his main drive.

I've been through the install 3 times now on vmware. :D Completely forgot about snapshots. This time... :p
 
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