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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2013, 06:38:58 PM » |
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its not much of an announcement besides telling us the name and that its free. And neither of those are especially surprising.
What I need to know is are the driver optimisations any good? Is it a linux flavour (still a pc you can do what you like with, just with a snazzy interface and gaming optimisations) or is it a locked-down OS in the vein of android (in which case its useless for anyone with an actual gaming PC).
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2013, 06:43:22 PM » |
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Well we know a bit more....and more will come. I think it has the potential to be interesting especially in how it might change the way and where you use your pc
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« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2013, 06:48:18 PM » |
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From the sounds of it, I'd imagine it's designed to be installed as the main OS (or dual boot) on a living room PC or 'steam box' (a pc sold with SteamOS). At a guess I'd say it has it's own window manager / desktop that's pretty much fully integrated with Steam.
"Users can alter or replace any part of the software or hardware they want." - Makes me think that you'll still be able to use it as a linux distro and run linux apps.
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2013, 06:55:48 PM » |
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Day 1: SteamOS
Day 2: SteamBox
Day 3: Ricochet 2
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2013, 07:18:49 PM » |
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Half-life 3 unconfirmed!
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2013, 07:28:13 PM » |
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Oh, the really interesting thing that I missed first time around reading it was that they're saying you'll be able to stream games to your SteamOS PC or 'Steambox' from your PC - this is actually pretty cool and means you'll actually be able to play most/all of your games on your TV by streaming them from your main PC.
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2013, 07:40:33 PM » |
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its not much of an announcement besides telling us the name and that its free. And neither of those are especially surprising.
What I need to know is are the driver optimisations any good? Is it a linux flavour (still a pc you can do what you like with, just with a snazzy interface and gaming optimisations) or is it a locked-down OS in the vein of android (in which case its useless for anyone with an actual gaming PC).
driver support is already released (its linux) |
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« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2013, 10:59:24 AM » |
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Oh, the really interesting thing that I missed first time around reading it was that they're saying you'll be able to stream games to your SteamOS PC or 'Steambox' from your PC - this is actually pretty cool and means you'll actually be able to play most/all of your games on your TV by streaming them from your main PC.
This is a vital point for me if I was ever considering this - if it works it basically means you can (easily) use a crap media pc in your living room and still play whatever you want, regardless of graphics/linux compatibility. It also enables easier linux development as devs have a single distro to aim for when porting. |
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« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2013, 11:11:55 AM » |
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I think one of the most interesting things will be seeing how much the Steam Boxes (Valve made or otherwise) end up costing themselves - if they can put them in console price territory (next gen consoles like what - £400?) in a neat looking box then I think they may seriously be able to compete with consoles with the PC streaming.
If the steamboxes are expensive - I don't think installing SteamOS on a htpc (or otherwise) will ever get the mass-market to gain sufficient momentum.
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« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2013, 02:50:35 PM » |
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Sort of a bad time for this if they end up competing with the next gen consoles. A year or two ago when you could throw together a gaming PC that stomped on consoles for hardly anything it would have been a no brainer.
Still interesting if it's linux based though.
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« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2013, 12:15:50 AM » |
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SOMEONE SAID HALF-LIFE 3!
HALF LIFE-3 CONFIRMED!
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« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2013, 05:35:03 AM » |
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SOMEONE SAID HALF-LIFE 3!
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« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2013, 08:46:14 PM » |
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I read that you can build your own machine(or use an older rig) slap steamos on it. Did I read that right? If you can use an old existing rig and still be able to stream games that would be awesome
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