After bringing its Steam gaming service to Linux earlier this year, Valve on Tuesday unveiled SteamOS, a new, Linux-based operating system that is designed to deliver PC entertainment in the living room. The new OS will connect with the Steam gaming service, offering all of the features PC-based Steam users are accustomed to, and yet is designed with the big screen in mind, Valve said. SteamOS is not limited to gaming, however. Rather, Valve touts the new system as a way to watch movies and listen to music as well.
This is awesome, but in my opinion, this doesn't work unless they can bring WINE up to full DX-11 and .NET 4.5 support, so that Windows titles run flawlessly out of the box. I don't think a Steam OS Linux distro will gain real traction in the market until this happens.
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Valve's SteamOS Arms Linux Gaming for Living Room Wars
Posted by: Peter Suciu September 24, 2013 03:07 PMAfter bringing its Steam gaming service to Linux earlier this year, Valve on Tuesday unveiled SteamOS, a new, Linux-based operating system that is designed to deliver PC entertainment in the living room. The new OS will connect with the Steam gaming service, offering all of the features PC-based Steam users are accustomed to, and yet is designed with the big screen in mind, Valve said. SteamOS is not limited to gaming, however. Rather, Valve touts the new system as a way to watch movies and listen to music as well.