<div dir="ltr">i've been waiting for steamOS to come out. I have the linux steam client already running on ubuntu-studio 12.04 and team fortress 2 runs great. I don't know for sure, but it seems the valve team has been working with the desura team on the linux client (they feel too similar not to be related IMO)<div>
<br></div><div>The difference between the operating system are pretty trivial if you were the kind of gamer that would set your rates and tweak for performance.</div><div><br></div><div>as for casual gamers, facebook games work on whichever web browser you choose :p</div>
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On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Robert Seward <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rseward@bluestone-consulting.com" target="_blank">rseward@bluestone-consulting.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello,<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/let-the-linux-gaming-begin-beta-steam-machines-are-shipping-and-steamos-is-ready-7000024198/" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/let-the-linux-gaming-begin-beta-steam-machines-are-shipping-and-steamos-is-ready-7000024198/</a><br>
<br>
Does this hype seem over the top to anyone?<br>
<br>
The hype seems to indicate that having a Steam OS Gaming system is going<br>
to open a flood gate of games for the Linux Desktop.<br>
<br>
This seems a little naive. The equivalency I can think of in the Windows<br>
8 world would be, the release of XBox One will provide a flood of games<br>
for the Windows 8 platform.<br>
<br>
Admittedly the cost to port a Steam OS game to a distro like Ubuntu will<br>
be lower, but unless you are willing to do some hacking to what has<br>
already been delivered, good luck getting it to run on all the various<br>
Linux desktops at there!<br>
<br>
Any one have thoughts on the issue?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Rob<br>
<br>
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Rob Seward<br>
Bluestone Consulting Group, LLC<br>
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