SteamOS 1.0 Is Based Upon Debian Wheezy

[AJSB]

Which is enough for gaming console, but not enough for serious work.

LOL, i'm not sure that Debian and Slackware users agree with you

FWIW, i use Slackware since i started to use Linux....Slackware 8.0 at that time....
I also use Debian and Mint (XFCE edition).

[kraftman]

And it uses sysvinit, nothing surprising there.

Which is enough for gaming console, but not enough for serious work.

[AJSB]

...also...it seems that we DON'T NEED UEFI to install SteamOS !!!

Ars Technica article provides this link:

http://www.reddit.com/r/SteamOS/comments/1su4t1/uefi_requirement_with_steamos/

[AJSB]

The 1TB is because it is an installation from a system image, basically the system image for hardware in the Steam Machine Prototype, has Clonezilla cannot image a larger disk on a smaller one, at least last time I used it, even if plenty of free room. Has for the 500GB, games are kind of not the smallest software when it come to size, so you recommend a decent enough size to system builder.

Ars Techina installed SteamOS using the 2.2GB zip extracted to USB pen in a 500GB HDD....final result ? 406GB Still free

That's enough for from 20 to 50 AAA titles.

[AJSB]

Ars Technica review:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/12/everything-you-need-to-know-to-install-steamos-on-your-very-own-computer/2/#image-2

[curaga]

Official X.org fanboy

Hah, when did that change? Did you ask for it or is Michael just playing you?

[iniudan]

I don't get why they recomend 500GB HDD on one hand and in another they demand 1TB to install SteamOS.

Is it related to "mirroring" option that let us recover everything is something goes wrong with instalation ?

In that case , i assume that if you try to install SteamOS is a 500GB HDD, it will be "split" in two of 250GB with 2nd 250GB used to mirror and recover the 1st 250GB ?

TIA,
AJSB

The 1TB is because it is an installation from a system image, basically the system image for hardware in the Steam Machine Prototype, has Clonezilla cannot image a larger disk on a smaller one, at least last time I used it, even if plenty of free room. Has for the 500GB, games are kind of not the smallest software when it come to size, so you recommend a decent enough size to system builder.

[Andrecorreia]

the stupid dee come back

Translation: I'm so butthurt they didn't use Ubuntu!

i use arch man, i really don t care what is the core. i espect a OS for TV, not a normal linux distro like this with xorg and gnome, i don t see the point of using this, instant of ubuntu, fedora, mint or arch

[dee.]

its a normal linux distro what the point? none

Translation: I'm so butthurt they didn't use Ubuntu!

[Andrecorreia]

well

its a normal linux distro what the point? none