1st countdown came to an end! Valve announced the Steam OS

[Humbug]

cool but

is this just a big bag of DRM ?

 can i play games on ubuntu instead of steamOS ? ( when it gets a massive following everything gets locked down)

 

 

companies starts friendly when the get rich they become territorial and greedy

You can install windows if you want, or any other OS. I don't see why Ubuntu games would be a problem.

Also according to their announcement note the following point

-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

 

What Valve wants is not to take over using hardware, they would be delighted if loads of other hardware vendors create gaming PCs for the living room. As that increases the PC gaming userbase which is what they want. They won't sell as many units as MS or Sony, I think they know that.

[naca1227]

This is extremely interesting and will make Steam Box's so much more easier. I hope they won't leave Windows until Linux truly evolves into something for everybody

[constanrine5d]

Epic... now we can safely transition to Linux and not having to worry about game compatibility issues because more and more developers will go for linux

[Matsy]

Hopefully a kind of desktop version will be available which could be a replacement for windows 7.......may be dreaming

[Damikiller37]

Looks like everyone was waiting for this 

[allthatremains94]

My real question is what Distro is it based on? Debian? Ubuntu? And what the hell GUI going to look like? Will it be locked down to only what the OS provides (EG if Firefox or chrome isn't on there, you can't put it on there)?

 

I hope they address these in due time.

 

cool but

is this just a big bag of DRM ?

 can i play games on ubuntu instead of steamOS ? ( when it gets a massive following everything gets locked down)

 

 

companies starts friendly when the get rich they become territorial and greedy

Yeah, if the game works on Linux, but I don't think streaming will be available like on SteamOS.

[TeamTactical]

Epic... now we can safely transition to Linux and not having to worry about game compatibility issues because more and more developers will go for linux

this is what's making me so excited about it. hopefully less games are directx exclusive and linux can really become a dominant force

[TechFan@ic]

This coincides with VALVE's vision of a Linux based, gaming focused OS.
I'll be extremely excited to see how much faster games run on SteamOS compared to Win7 & Win8.

[Damikiller37]

heres the picture

 

OP is on cocaine or something....way too fast <_<

 

probably has Fiber or something

We've got the winner! I'm on a drug called Fibre to be exact BT Infinity 2

[Humbug]

This coincides with VALVE's vision of a Linux based, gaming focused OS.

I'll be extremely excited to see how much faster games run on SteamOS compared to Win7 & Win8.

related

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/faster-zombies/

[AlexGoesHigh]

HOLY CRAP now this is gonna be a game changer for sure!!!!

 

 

also i see comments saying that valve at some point will leaves windows i don't think that gonna happen in at least 5+ years considering every game on steam runs on windows even those game that also runs on linux or mac but then again i could be wrong an suddenly most devs could drop windows support but know one knows the future anyways

[Brainless906]

HOORAY STEAM OPERATING SY, oh its linux.

 

Welp if anyone can do it, its valve. Though i'm still sticking to the idea that linux will never be a viable and prefered gaming os within my lifetime.

 

Oh well, we'll see where it goes but im not exatly at the edge of my seat.

[IdeaStormer]

Yeay! Another OS to start as many threads as there exist now!

 

For example:

 

Which SSD is best for Steam OS?

Which CPU is best for Steam OS?

Which GPU is best for Steam OS?

Which <insert what ever is on someone's mind> is best for Steam OS?

 

Let the treads commence!

 

I won't go into starting a whole new forum section or website for Steam OS.

[ianh83]

Brainless you live up to your name. Very excited, can't wait to run it, this is great for linux, the gaming industry and the PC industry. The best part is the talk of openness. They could have built a locked down proprietary OS based on Linux (look at iOS/Android roots). This will hurt M$. Here's a question, if they're making an OS and a piece of hardware to run it, how long before they come out with a phone? Sell your MSFT shares and save up for the float.

[Exotath]

To test that I am understanding this announcement correctly....this OS can't be a desktop replacement OS? Or can it?

[Missioncode]

Speculation what the other 2 things are 2nd is the Steam box 3rd is the steam box with steam OS and the release data with HL3 exclusive

 

I have said it shall be done 

[Wauthar]

Well, Valve has outdone themselves again. Looking forward to it!

[Missioncode]

cool but

is this just a big bag of DRM ?

 can i play games on ubuntu instead of steamOS ? ( when it gets a massive following everything gets locked down)

 

 

companies starts friendly when the get rich they become territorial and greedy

But its going to be free and steam is already rich have you seen TF2 sales?

[ianh83]

Of course it can Omid. It will have a web browser, It will support mouse and keyboard, it will run all of Linux's great free productivity apps.

[Culligan Man]

Great, Now I have to buy a 4th SSD for SteamOS. (SSD1 - Windows 8.1) (SSD2 - Linux) (SSD3 - OS X Lion) (SSD4 - SteamOS)

[GoodBytes]

This is some good news.

First of all it will fail. At first it will do well, 'cause everyone will try it, then obviously they show some stats on how many users/download it had. But, people will realize you cant' do much under it, because they programs are Windows, let alone different distro release of software, which might not be compatible, and if it's based on xWindows, then terrible font rendering compared to Windows, making it not great, people will roll back to Windows. Beside most games wont' work with it.

So why the good news? It may make Microsoft think about PC gaming again, as they used to pre-XBox days.

They are certainly not going to let this market go, as it's us, computer enthusiasts, that recommend computers to others, help others, give feedback and opinion. So, we must be pleased. Windows 9 will be very interesting.

[ianh83]

Another thing to think about along with my prediction of a steamphone, It should be possible for Valve to get a huge range of classic/older games working just fine on SteamOS using a transparent/tailored version of Wine.

[ianh83]

Goodbytes you're wrong. People will dual boot windows/SteamOS and then realise linux is all that is needed with all of the awesome free tools/software.

[whatthe_fuzz]

We've got the winner! I'm on a drug called Fibre to be exact BT Infinity 2

 

I feel so smart right now...

[Humbug]

This is some good news.First of all it will fail. At first it will do well, 'cause everyone will try it, then obviously they show some stats on how many users/download it had. But, people will realize you cant' do much under it, because they programs are Windows, let alone different distro release of software, which might not be compatible, and if it's based on xWindows, then terrible font rendering compared to Windows, making it not great, people will roll back to Windows. Beside most games wont' work with it.So why the good news? It may make Microsoft think about PC gaming again, as they used to pre-XBox days.They are certainly not going to let this market go, as it's us, computer enthusiasts, that recommend computers to others, help others, give feedback and opinion. So, we must be pleased. Windows 9 will be very interesting.

Good points all round. The biggest obstacle for them is that windows has the huge back catalog of games. For those of us who are willing to install windows and dual boot steam box not a problem, but it's a problem for the greater market because they need to compete with consoles out of the box and only windows has enough games to do that.