| Mr Puggsly said: Even if SteamOS gets more software, I fail to see a good reason to use that over Windows for gaming. Especially when you consider every notable Linux game is on Windows. |
Well, if every game on Windows would be on Linux, there'd be no reason to use Windows ;)
SteamOS can be a vehicle to grow the amount of games available on Linux, and so far, they (kind of) succeeded.
| Serious_frusting said: Very interesting. I have always had to have linux because of working with computers. I never even considered what the steamOS was or could be. Never occurred to me that it was linux, |
Good idea, but I'd suggest the first things you should do is install the debian repositories and then install a new therminal (since the one installed won't work and xterm is just bad). I use Terminator and that works just fine.
| jonathan-sg said: I remember reviews of Steam OS where they left clear that there were some take offs in playing the same game on valve's OS. Some filters and effects simply don't exist or isn't implemented on OpenGL, so it's not just a matter of performance. I would like to see games being ported with better performance and equal or superior graphics quality, then we can call steamOS game focused.. Also, it would be nice if the windows steam client had better integration with the OS, so we could have big picture as a OS start mode for windows, not just that "start with windows" option.. Or MS could bring xbox interface as a start option for windows 10, and improve usablity for gaming only PCs. |
OpenGL is quite fully featured. But AMD's side had some serious driver issues that really bottlenecked their performance and image quality. The AMDGPU driver mostly fixed that.
I think that it is only interesting for Steam Machines. If you want a desktop, it's better to install Ubuntu and just put Steam on it.
| torok said: I think that it is only interesting for Steam Machines. If you want a desktop, it's better to install Ubuntu and just put Steam on it. |
Maybe. Point is, I don't like Ubuntu all that much, but I do like Debian. Problem with Debian is, it's hard to install Steam on it and the Kernel is older. SteamOS is based on Debian and has a modern kernel. So for me, it's worth the pain of having to configure some stuff.
I use Steam in Linux Mint and it's flawless...works perfectly! Still, missing games like Witcher III...
| WolfpackN64 said: Maybe. Point is, I don't like Ubuntu all that much, but I do like Debian. Problem with Debian is, it's hard to install Steam on it and the Kernel is older. SteamOS is based on Debian and has a modern kernel. So for me, it's worth the pain of having to configure some stuff. |
Yes, that's a valid point, there aren't a lot of good distros based on Debian unstable, so that's a plus.
| Mr Puggsly said: Even if SteamOS gets more software, I fail to see a good reason to use that over Windows for gaming. Especially when you consider every notable Linux game is on Windows. |
I guess the main point would be that it is free?
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So basically it sounds like it's good for a couch experience, but for a desktop experience, it's better to install a regular Linux distribution instead. Of course right now Windows still has a lot more games, so the chances are that for gamers, Windows is still the best choice, but Linux (SteamOS or something else) isn't that bad either.
SteamOS and the Linux version of Steam had a pretty big effect on the number of games coming out on Linux, I'd say. There's still a long way to go, but now it's not just some indie titles and some individual bigger titles that support Linux.
| Zkuq said: So basically it sounds like it's good for a couch experience, but for a desktop experience, it's better to install a regular Linux distribution instead. Of course right now Windows still has a lot more games, so the chances are that for gamers, Windows is still the best choice, but Linux (SteamOS or something else) isn't that bad either. SteamOS and the Linux version of Steam had a pretty big effect on the number of games coming out on Linux, I'd say. There's still a long way to go, but now it's not just some indie titles and some individual bigger titles that support Linux. |
Basically.
I'd advise Valve to pay some attention to the desktop side, because that would make SteamOS a real good choice even as a regular Linux distro. I think Valve really needs to be more agressive in asking for ports or even create a studio like Feral Interactive to get as many games Linuxside as possible. Then they'd be a force to be reckoned with.
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