[Rellik]

Anybody try it yet?

One of the requirements is a UEFI PC which I don't have. boo.

Oh, and Plagman is apparently heavily involved in SteamOS's development. Very interesting....

[Kathy]

There isn't much point in trying it on a desktop PC.

[Micky C]

Didn't know Plagman left Nvidia to go work for Valve. Way to go Plagman!

[Lunick]

I'm interested in it but not at the moment since the requirements are kinda funky. Should have linked this page http://steamcommunit...14395741989999/

[Kathy]

Lunick, on 15 December 2013 - 01:12 AM, said:

I'm interested in it but not at the moment since the requirements are kinda funky.

What do you mean by that?

[Lunick]

There's no support for graphics cards other than Nvidia at the moment (doesn't effect me but it is Beta) and 500GB minimum space requirement?

[neoacix]

I would like to try it, but...

SteamOS wants a whole harddrive for its own... so maybe I pick one in my PC for it later.
I'm not so curious atm, but I like the idea.

Gaming on Linux is something I'm realy looking forward to and Valve got the power to push things up.
Hopefully that they will cause a major change in Linux on desktop with that...

[Person of Color]

Rellik, on 14 December 2013 - 07:43 PM, said:

Anybody try it yet?

One of the requirements is a UEFI PC which I don't have. boo.

Oh, and Plagman is apparently heavily involved in SteamOS's development. Very interesting....

Oh deary me, I do wish Plagman would get Polymer working on my Radeon. 'Tis a shame such a beastly card gets choked by a game old enough to drive.

[Radar]

*Sigh* I wanted to try this out, but unfortunately SteamOS is not compatible with my 4MB S3 Virge. I use it because of it's low power rating compared to these modern, barbaric (same thing) video cards. Using these terrible new cards will create more pollution and is against my eco-friendly faith. Just think of all the woodland creatures that will be harmed by this new operating system.

[Sangman]

Gabe Newell doesn't care about tree people.

[Radar]

Could you please use a more respectful term when addressing those that actually care about the environment?

[ReaperMan]

Burn all trees, nuke the whales.

[Person of Color]

If by burn all trees, you mean marijuana, I'm in! My friend Alex is a schizoaffective ADHD tripolar and medical marijuana really helps with his polyamorous personality disorderr.

by the way, whale is a pejorative term for fat person. check your priviledddge. don't hate, don't opprate

[ReaperMan]

Your "feel good" attitude annoys me.

[brownfarted]

Element of Kindness, on 16 December 2013 - 12:03 PM, said:

*Sigh* I wanted to try this out, but unfortunately SteamOS is not compatible with my 4MB S3 Virge. I use it because of it's low power rating compared to these modern, barbaric (same thing) video cards. Using these terrible new cards will create more pollution and is against my eco-friendly faith. Just think of all the woodland creatures that will be harmed by this new operating system.

This not is a real post ! Dumb Shit !

[The Commander]

The above post is just shit.

[brownfarted]

Youre not helping !

[Inspector Lagomorf]

But he's telling the truth.

[Kathy]

Comrade, I'd like to get a more thorough explanation what's the point in installing it on a desktop PC. Unless you plan to exclusively use it just for Steam, I don't see it. OS(Mac, Windows, Ubuntu) + Steam client makes more sense.

[Inspector Lagomorf]

Kathy, on 17 December 2013 - 08:54 AM, said:

Comrade, I'd like to get a more thorough explanation what's the point in installing it on a desktop PC.

I could say the same about you and your ludicrous initial post on this thread, wherein you chose not to explain why it was pointless. In any case, this isn't a widespread release of SteamOS. If you've been paying attention to Gabe Newell, he mentioned at LinuxCON that Windows is being hostile towards PC gamers and PC users in general. SteamOS is a sort of long-term project to pick up PC gamers who are disgruntled with Windows 8 and its various irritations.

[Radar]

Turning off Autistic Brony Progressive Treehugging Radar for a second, I'm with Comrade completely on this one. Why is Kathy calling out on someone to explain their opinion when she hasn't explained anything herself?

[ReaperMan]

Element of Kindness, on 17 December 2013 - 11:13 AM, said:

Turning off Autistic Brony Progressive Treehugging Radar for a second

Turn it off FOREVER.

[MusicallyInspired]

ReaperMan, on 17 December 2013 - 01:47 PM, said:

Turn it off FOREVER.

[Hendricks266]

MusicallyInspired, on 17 December 2013 - 01:59 PM, said:

ReaperMan, on 17 December 2013 - 01:47 PM, said:

Turn it off FOREVER.

[leilei]

Kathy, on 14 December 2013 - 09:45 PM, said:

There isn't much point in trying it on a desktop PC.

Indeed. It's not an end-all Windows replacement - it is designed for the sole purpose of video gaming, more specialized for a HTPC around the couch than it is for a desktop PC. It's not an OS I would develop stuff in.

It's fairly obvious enough. I know I wouldn't be installing it on any of my desktops, and if I ever built a tiny gaming PC for a TV and I'm not going to shell out for a Windows license for it, this is a nice alternative.

[Kathy]

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wherein you chose not to explain why it was pointless

I thought it was obvious the purpose Steam OS had. Anyway, I've explained it in a recent post.

Comrade Major, on 17 December 2013 - 10:17 AM, said:

In any case, this isn't a widespread release of SteamOS. If you've been paying attention to Gabe Newell, he mentioned at LinuxCON that Windows is being hostile towards PC gamers and PC users in general. SteamOS is a sort of long-term project to pick up PC gamers who are disgruntled with Windows 8 and its various irritations.

I don't see how Windows 8 is hostile towards gamers. And why then Valve even bothered with Mac at all when, as I understood, Newell's negative reaction was towards Windows Store.

SteamOS(and probably Linux client) exists solely because of Steambox. They aren't launching neither of those to help Linux gain users.

[Lunick]

Kathy, on 17 December 2013 - 07:19 PM, said:

I don't see how Windows 8 is hostile towards gamers.

http://hothardware.c...Promises-a-Fix/

[Rellik]

Couple things:

From what I gather, you can drop into a Gnome desktop, so theoretically SteamOS could be used as a basic Linux desktop, but it's obviously more geared towards HTGPC.

Regarding Win8, I wouldn't say it's openly hostile to gamers, but it does seem that hardcore gaming is being neglected.

[ReaperMan]

Rellik, on 17 December 2013 - 09:14 PM, said:

Regarding Win8, I wouldn't say it's openly hostile to gamers, but it does seem that hardcore gaming is being neglected.

I would say windows 8 is hostile to the user, but that may just be me.

[Person of Color]

Windows 8 is like a Catholic priest. All it does is rub me wrong.