My hope is that SteamOS will influence future distros.
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Hopefully:
1. they push for faster development of free video drivers.
2. they bake an integrated wine solution to steam for currently existing windows games.
3. they choose a culture and technologies that help strengthen the linux ecosystem rather than fragment it in the long run. (I imagine they'll initially have to build up many custom system components and such to get going fast enough).
4. they generally promote free software in regards to codecs and such.Last edited by Pahanilmanlintu; 24 September 2013, 01:05 PM.
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Originally posted by mrugiero View PostYou expect too much. I can guarantee you'll get disappointed.
Specially on the DRM point, there is no chance in hell they'll drop DRM.
And Linux exclusive games, why? That just sounds as a hateful thing to say.
DRM = no money from me and some others I think it is important for Linux community to lobby for DRM-less games.
Right should have added title to this if i had it would say which benefits can Linux reap from Valve
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For the development of Steam OS I hope it supports true community efforts like systemd and wayland. A real Debian base would be good. I hope Valve improves a lot of the stack and contributes massively to the kernel and other parts as opposed to that other popular distribution.
Just don't ship with very outdated packages this will only make it harder for people with Intel iGPUs. They don't need much of a desktop or window management so something like a Steam Shell which runs ontop of a Wayland compositor would be ideal. systemd makes Steam OS boot like lightning.Last edited by blackout23; 24 September 2013, 01:54 PM.
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My main wish is that SteamOS continues to function as a regular Linux OS rather than being locked inside the Steam client. I want to be able to switch from the Steam client back to the desktop (hopefully Gnome Shell) and be able to run Firefox or run XBMC. Oh, and I would like to be able to SSH into the box from my laptop.
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Originally posted by articleThough what's your hopes from SteamOS? High performance open-source GPU drivers?
Originally posted by articleA binary blob-free kernel land?
Originally posted by articleBtrfs by default?
Originally posted by articleThe BFS scheduler by default given the gaming system target?
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What I'm hoping for is an easy way for people to enjoy their games on Linux in their living rooms.
Also, I'm expecting Valve to release some sort of Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality hardware, that is to be accompanied with their gaming console.
Also, the third announcement has to be Half-life 3. Just because.
(Obviously if this, for some miraclous reason were to happen, Half-life 3 would be launched in 2014 alongside their gaming console and their virtual reality headgear. Those combined would revolutionize virtual 3D reality gaming.)
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Originally posted by gamerk2 View PostCome on guys, this is a no-factor. Its essentially game streaming, meaning you need a Windows PC in the first place.
Hence the problem.
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