[WLUG] Steam OS

[J. Bruce Fields]

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 03:08:15AM -0500, Paul wrote:
> Robert Seward <rseward at bluestone-consulting.com>, on Fri  2013.12.13 said:
> > Hello,
> >
> > http://www.zdnet.com/let-the-linux-gaming-begin-beta-steam-machines-are-shippi
> ng-and-steamos-is-ready-7000024198/
> >
> > Does this hype seem over the top to anyone?
> >
> > The hype seems to indicate that having a Steam OS Gaming system is going
> > to open a flood gate of games for the Linux Desktop.
> >
> > This seems a little naive. The equivalency I can think of in the Windows
> > 8 world would be, the release of XBox One will provide a flood of games
> > for the Windows 8 platform.
> >
> > Admittedly the cost to port a Steam OS game to a distro like Ubuntu will
> > be lower, but unless you are willing to do some hacking to what has
> > already been delivered, good luck getting it to run on all the various
> > Linux desktops at there!
> 
>         Hi;
> 
>         Valve ported Steam to linux about a year ago, I think, and
> have been porting games from their large catalog ever since. I think
> the have 2-300 now. So, there has already been a bit of an explosion
> of games running on linux just thru the Steam client.

I played through Portal recently on a Fedora machine.  Worked fine; it
was fun.  Performance wasn't great, but I suspect that was the fault of
the video card not the game or OS.  (I don't usually play games, so the
card was the just cheapest I could find a few years ago.)

--b.