SteamOS

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SteamOS
Steamos-big-picture.png
Steam in Big Picture mode under SteamOS
developer Valve Corporation
License (s) Open source with proprietary components
First publ. December 13, 2013
Current  version 2,154 of July 23, 2018
(2 years and 40 days ago)
Current  preliminary version 2,166 (July 25, 2018)
Kernel monolithic
ancestry GNU / Linux
↳ Debian
↳ SteamOS
Architecture (s) x86-64
Languages) multilingual
store.steampowered.com/steamos/

SteamOS is a Linux distribution based on Debian and developed by Valve . It runs as an operating system on the game consoles called " Steam Machine " and can also be installed and used free of charge on "normal" PCs .

Functions

SteamOS is primarily designed for computer games. However, only some of the games distributed by Valve run on Linux. Steam games running on Windows and Mac only can be streamed to SteamOS and the same restrictions will apply as the Steam client for desktops, including the ability to share games with family members.

Valve claims that SteamOS will bring significant performance improvements in video games. As open source software, the operating system will be open to source code modifications for everyone . (Game) computers built for SteamOS, which are manufactured on the basis of commercially available PC parts, are called “Steam Machines” by Valve.

With the package management included in SteamOS apt resp. apt-get can be used to install any Debian package. So it is easy to use SteamOS like any other Linux distribution with applications such as B. to complement LibreOffice , VLC or Samba and also to use as an office, multimedia or server platform .

history

At LinuxCon , Valve's co-founder and executive director Gabe Newell announced that he “believes in Linux and open source as the future of gaming”. Valve would help game developers make their games compatible with Linux. On September 20, 2013, Valve created a website titled The Steam Universe Expands in 2014 , which made three announcements that would "enable customers to use Steam in their living room in even more ways ." The first announcement was made on September 23. Valve had come to the conclusion that a Steam client integrated directly into the operating system could offer the best gaming experience. Particular emphasis is placed on openness in the sense of free software and it was announced that users could adapt, change and replace any part of the software. In the following days the beta test of Steam Machines and a new kind of gamepad were announced.

In October 2013 Valve announced the Steam Dev Days , a two-day developer conference at which game developers will have the opportunity to test SteamOS and the game consoles based on it, and to give Valve feedback. Also in October 2013, Nvidia announced a close collaboration with Valve regarding its GameWorks library, which will make Nvidia technologies such as PhysX , OptiX , VisualFX and others available under SteamOS .

On December 11th, 2013 Valve announced that the prototypes of the Steam Machines would be sent on December 13th and SteamOS would be released for download at the same time.

The official release of the Steam Machines powered by SteamOS was on November 10, 2015.

proton

In order to run games that have only been released for Windows on Linux, Valve is working with Proton on a compatibility layer based on Wine .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SteamOS update 2.154 released to brewmaster :: Steam Universe . (accessed November 20, 2018).
  2. ↑ SteamOS Download Alchemist version officially only for Nvidia and UEFI - message at Golem.de , from December 14, 2013, accessed on December 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ Valve's gaming Linux SteamOS is available for download - message from Heise online , from December 14, 2013, accessed on December 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ SteamOS: Valve operating system from December 13, 2013 - notification at Golem.de. December 12, 2013, accessed December 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ Nick Statt: Valve fires up SteamOS, its bid for living room PC gaming. In: CNET . September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013 .
  6. ^ Tyler Wilde: The pros and cons of SteamOS. In: PC Gamer . September 24, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Dave Lee: Valve announces SteamOS as it renews living room push. In: BBC . September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013 .
  8. ^ Eddie Makuch: Valve reveals Steam Machines. (No longer available online.) In: GameSpot . September 25, 2013, archived from the original on September 30, 2013 ; accessed on September 30, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / uk.gamespot.com
  9. ^ Liane M. Dubowy: Game Linux. SteamOS GNU / Linux 1.0 "Alchemist". In: c't 2/2014. Verlag Heinz Heise , January 2014, pp. 16-17 , accessed on January 9, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Perry Vandell: Gabe Newell: “Linux and open source are the future of gaming”. In: PC Gamer. September 16, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013 .
  11. ^ Tyler Wilde: Three big Valve announcements coming next week, probably a Linux-based Steam Box. In: PC Gamer. September 20, 2013, accessed September 25, 2013 .
  12. ^ The Steam Universe is Expanding in 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2013 .
  13. ↑ Eddie Makuch: Valve reveals SteamOS. (No longer available online.) In: GameSpot. September 23, 2013, archived from the original on September 26, 2013 ; Retrieved September 25, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / uk.gamespot.com
  14. ↑ SteamOS announced by Valve, a free operating system “available soon” for living room PCs. In: PC Gamer. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013 .
  15. ↑ Jeffrey Grubb: Valve announces Steam Dev Days to give studios access to Steam OS, Steam Machines, and Steam Controller. In: Venture Beat. October 10, 2013, accessed October 18, 2013 .
  16. ↑ NVIDIA Announces GameWorks Program at Montreal in 2013; supports SteamOS. NVIDIA, 2013, accessed October 29, 2013 .
  17. ↑ Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping December 13th . In Steam Universe . December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  18. ^ Rob Crossley: First Three Steam Machines Released, Prices and Specs Detailed. In: GameSpot . November 11, 2015, accessed October 2, 2016 .
  19. ↑ heise online: Steam Beta lets Windows games run under Linux. Retrieved December 16, 2018 .