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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2013, 10:50:33 PM »
"We're re-skinning Linux and tying Steam to it."

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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2013, 10:59:00 PM »
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Man, are you out of touch or what?  There's been a Steam client out for Linux for quote some time now and it runs my Steam games quite nicely.  Serious Sam 3 BFE and my other games run as good on Linux as they do on my Windows machine.  There's also a Steam client for OSX but I haven't played with it.  No, you don't have to buy native Linux or OSX versions of the games.  You buy once, then play on any platform that runs Steam.



Aahhh I didn't know about that, thanks.  English is a second language, sometimes I don't get the sentences 100% right :)
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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2013, 11:21:07 PM »
I ultimately think creating a dedicated distro as "SteamOS" (eg, will likely be a skinned Ubuntu) will bite them in the rumps.

I liked the idea they originally had - just a client that was pretty much guaranteed to work on Ubuntu (and later, assumedly - other major distros).

IMHO, the whole factional nature of Linux puts a lot of people off, esp. non tech people.  I've always been a pretty big advocate for Linux, especially to people who have older hardware that want to wring some extended life out of it.  Time and time again, I hear "if it's all the same base OS, why is there 200 different flavors of it?" from people that don't understand the distro concept.

Just a few weeks ago a friend got a hand me down computer from his work.  Still a usable machine, but running Windows XP, which is coming to end of life here in another few months.  I recommended Linux for it, as all he really wanted to do with it is browse the web and the like.  He wasn't familiar with linux and spent the entire weekend installing various distros before calling me Monday morning shouting "I wasted my whole weekend trying 10 different variants of Linux and I can't tell the darned difference between any of them!  Which one should I stick with???"  :)

For us familiar with Linux, we all have our personal preferences - mine is Slack these days, but the sheer variety of distros can be extremely puzzling to people looking in from the fringes.
 

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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2013, 02:17:56 AM »
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Aahhh I didn't know about that, thanks.  English is a second language, sometimes I don't get the sentences 100% right :)


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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2013, 04:34:43 AM »
Cool for them, anything not Windows or Mac is a good thing...

...so where' my darn Half-Life 3, open ended, horror, action, adventure, fps?
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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2013, 04:57:31 AM »
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Did you not read the article?


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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2013, 02:18:12 PM »
There are still numerous windows exclusive titles that don't run on linux. By the way, requirements for the linux versions, are a bit higher in order to play the same games correctly. It's not very much, but there is a difference.
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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #21 on: September 24, 2013, 10:21:32 PM »
Oh yea, smell the steam :D
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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #22 on: September 25, 2013, 12:00:46 PM »
So THIS is the reason we don't have HalfLife3 (HL2 Ep. 3) after YEARS of waiting!
 

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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #23 on: September 25, 2013, 02:07:32 PM »
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Man, are you out of touch or what?  There's been a Steam client out for Linux for quote some time now and it runs my Steam games quite nicely.  Serious Sam 3 BFE and my other games run as good on Linux as they do on my Windows machine.  There's also a Steam client for OSX but I haven't played with it.  No, you don't have to buy native Linux or OSX versions of the games.  You buy once, then play on any platform that runs Steam.


No he's correct. Only products that have a Linux version will run on Linux.

And I'm a bit confused(well not really).  How is Steam an OS when it's on Linux? Steam's been learning their marketing from the big A.
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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #24 on: September 25, 2013, 02:41:26 PM »
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No he's correct. Only products that have a Linux version will run on Linux.

One of the major features in SteamOS is that you can stream a Windows/Mac Steam title over the network to your SteamOS box.
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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #25 on: September 25, 2013, 06:48:50 PM »
Valve have just announced the Steam Machine.

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamMachines/
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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #26 on: September 25, 2013, 10:24:41 PM »
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So THIS is the reason we don't have HalfLife3 (HL2 Ep. 3) after YEARS of waiting!

That enough to make me drop everything steam and go some where else. Although I thought that was a Valve project - no?  I am used to being wrong these days.

Also, this Steam idea has one fatal flaw. Being tied to linux means I will most likely never go there. I hate linux with a passion. I would rather work with Windows!
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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #27 on: September 26, 2013, 02:13:53 AM »
They have my attention.
Sounds interesting.
And free is a great price.
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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #28 on: September 26, 2013, 04:16:21 AM »
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Also, this Steam idea has one fatal flaw. Being tied to linux means I will most likely never go there. I hate linux with a passion. I would rather work with Windows!

Since they are basically making a video game system out of a PC, I don't think you'll ever see a command prompt or even a pointer.

If you look at their latest front end, "Big Picture", you can kinda get an idea of how it will work.

This whole project is for gamers, not programmers so I have a feeling setup and operation with be more like running a Mac than a PC.
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Re: SteamOS
« Reply #29 from previous page: September 26, 2013, 08:50:00 AM »
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That enough to make me drop everything steam and go some where else. Although I thought that was a Valve project - no?  I am used to being wrong these days.

Also, this Steam idea has one fatal flaw. Being tied to linux means I will most likely never go there. I hate linux with a passion. I would rather work with Windows!

Steam isn't tied to Linux.
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