Valve says Linux is the future of Gaming

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The point of bringing up Office was to provide an example of why a person might need Windows, not to highlight it in particular. Your argument was that people wouldn't desire SteamOS if they wanted to do other things. Why wouldn't they go with Windows 7 with Steam, rather than have two PCs?

Well, as I see it, they only need Windows for business applications. The consumer gains literally nothing from Windows in and of itself: Windows remains dominant because people use it and design for it because Windows is dominant. Everything but business software and games, and the software to design those two things, has been done better or as good under different operating systems.

So, if a gamer doesn't care about running business software, why wouldn't he go with a pimped out gaming rig from Steam, running a custom OS designed around playing games? Assuming it can run Windows games and the entire Steam catalogue, what reason is there for caring about Windows? They'll still be able to do everything else they usually do... check email, read the news, jerk off to porn.

And like I said, most gamers have two computers. Keep Windows on one, and buy a Steambox.

Also, there are a number of reasons for disliking Windows that don't revolve around being a Mac or Linux fanboy. It really isn't a great OS. Hasn't been in a really long time.

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Valve confirms Steam Machines:


http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamMachines/

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What games will be available during the beta?

The nearly 3,000 games on Steam. Hundreds already running natively on the SteamOS, with more to come. The rest will work seamlessly via in-home streaming.


Ah. Good. In-home streaming, as opposed to that cloud streaming shit I was worried about.

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I don't play many Steam games, though, I am interested in this more from a media center perspective. Undoubtedly I have no faith in Ubuntu TV ever being released anytime soon.

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I think its something that can be fairly interesting. I like the idea of being able to install something like this on an older computer I'm not using and still have good quality gaming on it. Or watching movies and such, which you can only do with limited amounts of success on Linux. Namely Hulu.

[Spider]

Announced their controller:



...um.

[exploited]

Looks neat. If the functionality is as easy as more traditional joysticks, I'd buy that just on it's own.

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http://store.steampowered.com/livingroo ... ontroller/

Sounds awesome, actually. Precision that is as close to a mouse as you can get, at least for now.

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Ya, the resolution is definitely a plus. Might be a learning curve.

Its one of those things I just can't really judge without putting my hands on it. I really like buttons, but getting away from the analogue sticks sounds like a step in the right direction...if they can execute it well.

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