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Valve has taken a further step forward to bring Steam to Linux and especially to the living room. To make this happen, the company announced SteamOS, a proprietary operating system built around ...
That’s when I decided to switch to Linux. I went with SteamOS, the same Arch-based Linux distribution that runs on the Steam Deck. Valve has put real effort into making it work well, specifically on ...
The state of Linux gaming in the SteamOS era After 14 months in beta, where does Valve's new platform push stand?
Valve is planning to take on the living room with SteamOS. This is the video game publisher/digital distribution and community provider’s free, Linux-based operating system. Valve will license ...
XCOM will debut specifically for a branch of Linux called Ubuntu, but it should also work for SteamOS since both are based on the same underlying software. SteamOS is developer Valve’s version ...
Valve’s SteamOS operating system—basically a specialized Linux distribution built around living-room gaming—and the accompanying Steam controller generated a ton of enthusiasm for a 2014 launch.
Meet SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system from Valve, designed for the living room, and therefore with clear designs on Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony’s turf. Valve took the lid off yesterday ...
Optimizing the performance of your gaming PC is important, but hardware bottlenecks aren't the only problem — Windows also ...
Valve just announced the first part of its living room strategy with SteamOS, a free Linux-based operating system that takes the 'Big Picture' feature one step further. In addition to playing your ...
Following the official unveiling of its Linux-based SteamOS back in September, Valve has announced that it is joining The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit group of companies and individuals devoted ...
Valve's SteamOS is now freely available for download, but be warned that the installation procedure and general use is aimed squarely at the technically savvy.
SteamOS is based on Linux, and Valve seems to care about that. We’ll probably see the HTC Vive and SteamVR support Linux before the Oculus Rift does—but there’s no guarantee about that.