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23-09-2013, 05:05 PM
Valve announces Steam OS, a living room operating system for games
Valve is done teasing. Today, Valve has revealed SteamOS, its own operating system based on Linux, and designed for video game consoles.
It's only the first of three announcements that Valve is expected to issue this week.
We've been following the Steam Box saga for well over a year now, watching Valve as it experimented with game controllers, denounced Windows 8 in favor of Linux, and called out Apple as a threat. We theorized about what the Steam Box could be. In January, we spoke to Valve co-founder Gabe Newell himself about his plans for the project, but it's only now that we're seeing the fruition of those dreams.
Developing...
Article Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/23/4762370/steam-box-os
Or you can visit the Steam Site directly for information: http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/
Thoughts?
Valve is done teasing. Today, Valve has revealed SteamOS, its own operating system based on Linux, and designed for video game consoles.
It's only the first of three announcements that Valve is expected to issue this week.
We've been following the Steam Box saga for well over a year now, watching Valve as it experimented with game controllers, denounced Windows 8 in favor of Linux, and called out Apple as a threat. We theorized about what the Steam Box could be. In January, we spoke to Valve co-founder Gabe Newell himself about his plans for the project, but it's only now that we're seeing the fruition of those dreams.
Developing...
Article Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/23/4762370/steam-box-os
Or you can visit the Steam Site directly for information: http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/
Thoughts?