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LordBunce Mar 5, 2015 @ 9:15am
What is Steamos
The sales lately have been about "Steamos". What does that mean.
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Satoru Mar 5, 2015 @ 9:18am 
It's basically an appliance like distribution of Linux.

From a purely consumer perspective it just means a particular game runs on Linux
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LordBunce Mar 5, 2015 @ 9:21am 
Originally posted by Satoru:
It's basically an appliance like distribution of Linux.

From a purely consumer perspective it just means a particular game runs on Linux
Ah, so something they have developed for their "Steam machine" That im not gonna buy.
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Satoru Mar 5, 2015 @ 9:25am 
Originally posted by Lordbunce:
Ah, so something they have developed for their "Steam machine" That im not gonna buy.

Yes but it's also a much broader initiative to bring more games onto Linux in general. SteamOS is simply one prong of that initiative. thats why they're supporting things like OpenGL/Vulcan, which doesnt tie devs to Windows only APIs.
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僕の名前 (仮) Mar 5, 2015 @ 12:34pm 
aaah, I bought Talos Principle 2 days ago. Okay, then.
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Freht Mar 5, 2015 @ 10:33pm 
They should really make it SteamOS. Or something.

I thought my language settings were screwed up.
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Forcen Mar 5, 2015 @ 11:26pm 
Originally posted by Lordbunce:
Originally posted by Satoru:
It's basically an appliance like distribution of Linux.

From a purely consumer perspective it just means a particular game runs on Linux
Ah, so something they have developed for their "Steam machine" That im not gonna buy.
But unlike the machine it is free. So if you have a PC laying around you could install SteamOS and make your own Steam Machine.

http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown
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