It's finally here! SteamOS is available to download!

[solosdk]

http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/download/?ver=default

[Emkryan]

Valve says you need to be VERY good with Linux to install it now so I won't be bothering

[boggle4321]

i tried installing it on my old laptop, needless to say, i could not. im not very good the the linux buseness

[TopWargamer]

I don't care if I have to be an intrepid Linux user to use this (which I'm not), but I'm gonna try it out anyways!

 

[Bluethulhu]

Download keeps stopping at about 50MB, really slow speeds, too. Not sure anyone was expecting differently however.

[Youbetternot]

Not going to try it for now, waiting for some reviews then maybe

[FileCorrupted]

This seems kind of shady... Neither of these sites is from Valve itself sooo im going to leave this alone until I get an official download from Valve themselves.

[ERSCreeper]

Downloading at 40kb/s D:

[solosdk]

This seems kind of shady... Neither of these sites is from Valve itself sooo im going to leave this alone until I get an official download from Valve themselves.

 

[Youbetternot]

Wait does anyone know, if downloading the OS make everything removed? Should I back up before hand?

[FileCorrupted]

Thanks for clearing that up!

[ERSCreeper]

Yeah! Now to download at the max of 80kb/s :D

 

Edit: WOW GG internet. It didn't load my posts or anyone else's.....

[Damikiller37]

Using DownThemAll! on Firefox so that the download doesn't break and going at 300kb/s for now we'll see

[Snickerzz]

Wait does anyone know, if downloading the OS make everything removed? Should I back up before hand?

Q: How do I install SteamOS?

There are two different install methods for SteamOS. '''WARNING: BOTH METHODS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON THE MACHINE'''

The easiest method is an image-based install using CloneZilla. You will need to create a SteamOS System Restore USB stick to perform this install. The image provided here requires at least a 1TB disk.

• Format a 4GB or larger USB stick with the FAT32 filesystem. Use "SYSRESTORE" as the partition name
• Unzip the contents of SYSRESTORE.zip to this USB stick to create the System Restore USB stick
• Put the System Restore USB stick in your target machine. Boot your machine and tell the BIOS to boot off the stick. (usually something like F8, F11 or F12 will bring up the BIOS boot menu).
• Make sure you select the UEFI entry, it may look something like "UEFI: Patriot Memory PMAP"
• Select "Restore Entire Disk" from the GRUB menu.
• System Restore will proceed automatically. When it is complete it will reboot into your freshly re-imaged SteamOS

The second method is based on the Debian Installer. It requires multiple configuration steps:

• Unzip the SteamOSInstaller.zip file to a blank, FAT32-formatted USB stick.
• Put the USB stick in your target machine. Boot your machine and tell the BIOS to boot off the stick. (usually something like F8, F11, or F12 will bring up the BIOS boot menu).
• Make sure you select the UEFI entry, it may look something like "UEFI: Patriot Memory PMAP"
• Pick "Automated Install" from the next menu.
• The rest of the installation is unattended and will repartition the drive and install SteamOS.
• After installation is complete, log onto the resulting system (using the Gnome session) with the predefined "steam" account. The password is "steam". Run steam, accept the EULA, and let it bootstrap. Logoff the steam account 
• Log on with the "desktop" account. The password is "desktop"
• From a terminal window, run ~/post_logon.sh. This will prompt for a password - enter "desktop". This script will perform the post-install customizations, delete itself, then reboot into the recovery partition capture utility. 
• Confirm "y" to continue and the recovery partition will be created. When it is finished, reboot into your freshly installed SteamOS

 

from http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/648814395741989999/

[Youbetternot]

 

Q: How do I install SteamOS?

There are two different install methods for SteamOS. '''WARNING: BOTH METHODS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON THE MACHINE'''

 

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

Time to pull out my secret weapon, MY LAPTOP!

[Snickerzz]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

Time to pull out my secret weapon, MY LAPTOP!

right!

[Mooshi]

So this build is for hardcore Linux buffs while in 2014, there will be a more user friendly version on par with Ubuntu based distros?

[TheSLSAMG]

YEAAAAAHHHH!!!!

 

Thanks for the link!

[TheProfosist]

I cant get it right now it keeps timing out or only giving me a couple mb. If someone who has it is able to get it to me ill host it so that anyone that wants can get it.

So this build is for hardcore Linux buffs while in 2014, there will be a more user friendly version on par with Ubuntu based distros?

Never it shall only ever be for the neckbeard. Either way I really think that any of you that have a extra PC or drive floating around should really give installing this a try as troubleshooting is one of the best ways of learning. Also doing this sort of stuff will enable you to know how to do research and figure stuff out instead of needing a how to step by step guide for everything.

[Mooshi]

I cant get it right now it keeps timing out or only giving me a couple mb. If someone who has it is able to get it to me ill host it so that anyone that wants can get it.

Never it shall only ever be for the neckbeard. Either way I really think that any of you that have a extra PC or drive floating around should really give installing this a try as troubleshooting is one of the best ways of learning. Also doing this sort of stuff will enable you to know how to do research and figure stuff out instead of needing a how to step by step guide for everything.

 

Might be worth checking out in a virtual machine either way.

[mopman94]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

Time to pull out my secret weapon, MY LAPTOP!

Do it in a virtual machine

[TheProfosist]

Downloading the UNofficial torrent, at least is faster... When I get it I'll if it works

Didnt see anything on the unofficial torrent until now. Thats basically what I was planning on doing but just for the forum. Ill get it off the torrent then and check the md5 to check if its legit.

Might be worth checking out in a virtual machine either way.

yep didnt think of that really since I dont usually need VM's but it would probably work.

[TheProfosist]

Do it in a virtual machine

Is there any good free VM software out there?

[mopman94]

Is there any good free VM software out there?

Here: https://www.virtualbox.org

[Khraft]

Downloading the UNofficial torrent, at least is faster... When I get it I'll if it works

 

Can you give me a link?