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Ganoncrotch said:
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?

The problem is a vast majority of people willing to install SteamOS probably have access to a copy of Windows, legal or otherwise.



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Mr Puggsly said:
Ganoncrotch said:

I guess the main point would be that it is free?

The problem is a vast majority of people willing to install SteamOS probably have access to a copy of Windows, legal or otherwise.

Cost is ot always a problem. I just rip my Windows version ever since I bought a Windows 8 copy that turned out to be an upgrade version even though it didn't mention so on the box.

Needles to say, there are better arguments to be made for Linux besides cost.



Mr Puggsly said:
Ganoncrotch said:

I guess the main point would be that it is free?

The problem is a vast majority of people willing to install SteamOS probably have access to a copy of Windows, legal or otherwise.

Sad but true. Windows is a pretty big piece of software to pirate on the PC. The biggest more or less.



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SteamOS is pretty much DOA, lack of sales, lack of performance, lack of games and lack of reason to use it means it was still born. It was designed to combat a scenario from MS that never eventuated and I can't see them supporting it much beyond the next year or so.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/06/its-time-to-declare-valves-steam-machines-doa/



Well... I kinda understood your first paragraph... The rest... Way over my head...



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WolfpackN64 said:
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.

Well the reasons people use Windows arent limited to games. But in regard to games, relatively few get ported to Linux. Especially in the big budget gaming arena.

MS's push on PC gaming is even more incentive to stick with Windows.

I agree SteamOS encouraging developers to bring games to Linux. But ultimately, its the same content we can get on Windows. I'm more interested in seeing Android get support with actual console style games.



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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.

For someone like me I see it as what could be a nice alternative to Windows, especially after having tried Win 10 and just not liking it along with MS approach to locking down PC gaming, I'd rather take Steam OS than being locked to Win 10. It's always good to have more options, especially in terms of a different OS.



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Chazore said:
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.

For someone like me I see it as what could be a nice alternative to Windows, especially after having tried Win 10 and just not liking it along with MS approach to locking down PC gaming, I'd rather take Steam OS than being locked to Win 10. It's always good to have more options, especially in terms of a different OS.

I hear ya, but at the rate things are going SteamOS has little chance of being a good alternative to Windows. I like competition but nothing interesting is happening in Linux gaming. Its just different OS that plays some games found on Windows.

People that don't like Windows 10 are very vocal, but it seems like many are content with it. If you don't like it, well Windows 7 is still an option.



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Mr Puggsly said:
Chazore said:

For someone like me I see it as what could be a nice alternative to Windows, especially after having tried Win 10 and just not liking it along with MS approach to locking down PC gaming, I'd rather take Steam OS than being locked to Win 10. It's always good to have more options, especially in terms of a different OS.

I hear ya, but at the rate things are going SteamOS has little chance of being a good alternative to Windows. I like competition but nothing interesting is happening in Linux gaming. Its just different OS that plays some games found on Windows.

People that don't like Windows 10 are very vocal, but it seems like many are content with it. If you don't like it, well Windows 7 is still an option.

Things take time to perfect, for example, those robotic Big dogs that Boston Dynamics had a year or two ago from from being big and bulky to being small and quit while also display effinceny. We had phones from some years ago that couldn't do what phones do today. Linux years ago wasn't anywhere in the decent position it is today, time has changed all of those.

Doens't matter what chances it has, it hasn't stopped people from usingLinux to play games with for years and years. I don't know what Steam OS has to do to make it dreastically different than Windows, it just needs to play games and be good at running them, there isn't anything interesting about an OS running some games, hell none of the Windows OS's have blown my socks away, them being able to play games has been the norm for me for a very long time.

Many is subjective considering the number that still use Linux and it;s distros, Mac users, Win 7-8.1 users and then people using Android. There are 7 billion on this rock, most arne't using 10, otherwise we'd be seeing insane adoption numbes like 6 billion, but that's unlikley to happen due to the other forms of competition in the market.  Yes 7 is still an option but it won't be around for a long time and Steam OS improving over time makes it a viable option for me to use when devs decide to stop support for Win 7.



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Chazore said:
Mr Puggsly said:

I hear ya, but at the rate things are going SteamOS has little chance of being a good alternative to Windows. I like competition but nothing interesting is happening in Linux gaming. Its just different OS that plays some games found on Windows.

People that don't like Windows 10 are very vocal, but it seems like many are content with it. If you don't like it, well Windows 7 is still an option.

Things take time to perfect, for example, those robotic Big dogs that Boston Dynamics had a year or two ago from from being big and bulky to being small and quit while also display effinceny. We had phones from some years ago that couldn't do what phones do today. Linux years ago wasn't anywhere in the decent position it is today, time has changed all of those.

Doens't matter what chances it has, it hasn't stopped people from usingLinux to play games with for years and years. I don't know what Steam OS has to do to make it dreastically different than Windows, it just needs to play games and be good at running them, there isn't anything interesting about an OS running some games, hell none of the Windows OS's have blown my socks away, them being able to play games has been the norm for me for a very long time.

Many is subjective considering the number that still use Linux and it;s distros, Mac users, Win 7-8.1 users and then people using Android. There are 7 billion on this rock, most arne't using 10, otherwise we'd be seeing insane adoption numbes like 6 billion, but that's unlikley to happen due to the other forms of competition in the market.  Yes 7 is still an option but it won't be around for a long time and Steam OS improving over time makes it a viable option for me to use when devs decide to stop support for Win 7.

Well Linux has been around for a long time. There was even a period in the early 2000s that PC manufacturers were trying to sell PCs with Linux installed at retail. Its just never had the software support or user friendliness to be a viable option. Apple PCs have also been used for gaming for many years, but avid gamers stick with WIndows for obvious reasons.

SteamOS isn't doing anything intersting therefore people don't see any reason to switch. Cutting edge PC gaming happens on Windows, while Linux users beg for more ports. Hence, the interesting stuff is happening on Windows.

I don't think Windows 7 gaming support is gonna end anytime soon, outside of some exceptions like MS's WIndows 10 exclusives.

When I said "many", I clearly meant PC users. I find it hard to believe you didn't understand that.

I don't see room in the market for Linux (not for a significant audience atleast). But Windows does have competition, mobile devices like Android are a great alternitive for many PC functions.



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