Linux has shown wonderful improvements in driver support and game software, there is no question about it. My issue with Gabe is not tied to this video but is entirely based on the fact he is using unfounded anti Windows FUD to secretly drive his agenda which he never talks about. 

He is just worried that Microsoft is going to eat his lunch on the PC with a locked game store and ecosystem and that Apple/Android will do the same with mobile and Ouya like devices. If he just stated it like it is (and announced HL3 already) hed get much more respect from me.

to be fair he talks about how Linux is a tiny peice of the market in the video. He also touches on some of the reasons why support isn't there right now. But also touches on the steps that they are taking to make it a more desirable platform for developers and users.

I have my doubts abouit a Linux gaming future, but V alve are clearly commited to giving it a shot. And there  are a lot of very smart people at Valve and the company has a long history of making forward thinking bets that pay off big. So I wouldn't right it off just yet.

This is laughable considering you didn;t even to really read what newell said, and jumped on it because he GASP, sadi something against an MS p[roduct.. GAme knowoedge > yours and Mine > yours, considering how you don't even read nor fully understand topics before jumping in.

After watching it, it looks like the Steambox initiative is going to be something to push Linux into the living room. That is what I made out of what Steam is trying to do.

Didnt watch but anyone have any idea when they think this will be out?

Hope that something interesting is revealed next week.. could change my mind of getting a next gen console if this is worth it

Need to see if it is another Linux based solution offered the way Google did with Android:

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/16/4737622/valves-steam-box-could-be-revealed-next-week

What's funny is that people using Steam have Windows 8 at a higher rate than the general public.  It was about twice for a while, but not sure right now.  He just doesn't seem to know his audience.  If your customers prefer it, you should probably listen to that.

We already have a Linux gaming console, it's the Roku 3, and it includes motion gaming.  That fact that most people don't know about it, and I have never seen anyone game on it, shows how well it is currently doing. http://www.roku.com/roku-products

I don't see many alternative other than for Steam to make their own console/Linux Steam Box.  If they really want to change the OS game. 

I watched this whole video and half of it is interesting (the history of valve and console parts) while the other half I have to wonder if Gabe has lost his mind.

He talks about the fragmentation around mobile, living room and desktop computing because of "closed platform restrictions" and says how Steam big picture and Linux will bring it all together because they are open.

Has Gabe ever used the iOS or windows 8 software development SDK? I would say that he hasn't... Both SDKs are great in terms of cross platform support. Publishing a windows 8 desktop/tablet and Windows phone app is done simultaneously with 95% of the same code. Xbox One is will also most likely use this SDK and share app development...So there Microsoft should have the desktop, mobile and living room computing covered with absolutely no fragmentation and amazing development tools.

Now has Gabe used the Android SDK, a platform that is more or less "open"? I don't think he has because if he has, he would understand how much it sucks to have to develop for an open platform with no standardized hardware and software. Just ask ANY developer that has made quality iOS or windows 8 apps how they feel about Android and its "openness" and which is more fragmented to develop for.

Bottom line: You will get way more fragmentation on an open platform because there is no standardized requirements in terms of hardware and software.

Otherwise I am looking forward to seeing Gabes hardware solution to the PC crisis and the future of gaming.

He was talking about your content following wherever you go. He is saying that once you buy something you should be able to consume it on wharever you want. Hence why on steam you can buy a game once and play the Windows/Mac/Linux version, Portal 2 PS3 came with a PC version etc. Big picture and their efforts to bring PC to the living room is part of that. Naturally there are some UI and technological limitations but the idea is a noble one. Naturally closed platforms prevent thaat as they each have prepriatary store fronts, different certification proccesses etc that locks content into each ecosystem.

Whether that ideal will ever be achivable is another question entirely.