Tag: SteamOS
SteamOS Slims Down During Steam Deck Delay
Reading the excellent ComputerBase website through a translator - as one does - I was made aware of Valve's latest SteamOS build, which reduces the footprint on a device's storage by a…
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Valve’s Steam Deck is the PRO Handheld that Might Make You SWITCH to Linux
It's coming: a handheld from Valve (makers of Steam if you reside under a rock) that promises to run your library of PC games - and has some pretty serious specs to…
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“What’s the Point of Steam OS?”
Ars Technica UK published an editorial called, Hey Valve: What's the point of Steam OS? The article does not actually pose the...
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GDC 15: Maingear Launches Customizable Drift Steam Machine
Maingear is joining the Steam Machine fray at the Games Developers Conference with its announcement of the upcoming Drift Steam Machine. The Drift is a configurable small form factor gaming PC that…
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GDC 15: ZOTAC Announces the SN970 Steam Machine – Powered by a GTX 970M and Intel Skylake CPU
Favor a steamier TV gaming experience? ZOTAC has announced a new Steam Machine on the eve of Valve’s presentation at GDC on Wednesday. The SN970 presumably gets its name from the GTX…
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E3 2014: SteamBoy Project Is Not a Valve Product
To be doubly clear, if the title was not explicit enough, this announcement is not made by Valve. This company is called, "SteamBoy Machine team". If not a hoax, this is…
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Steaming on a Sempron
A popular question that has arisen from the release of the four new low cost Kabini processors has been their effectiveness in powering a Steam Machine. Phoronix have just finished...
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Intel NUC BIOS Update Fixes Debian Booting
Two days ago, Intel added a new BIOS for the NUC to their download center. Its main update addresses a problem with booting some operating systems, such as SteamOS....
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SteamOS Beta Non-UEFI Support & Other Untested Features
When Valve launched SteamOS, it was definitely a beta product. Its installer prompted Ryan to make a troubleshooting video on our Youtube channel. It also apparently required a computer equipped...
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Steam In-Home Streaming Closed Beta First Wave Begins
In-Home Streaming could be the feature most likely to kick-off SteamOS adoption. This functionality brings existing PCs to televisions without requiring the user to actually bring the box to their living room.…
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CES 2014: AMD Supported in SteamOS “Out of the Box”. Catalyst 13.11 Beta 9.9 in SteamOS Public Stable Branch
The Steam platform prides itself on benefiting from the many billions of dollars spent by the PC industry in-fighting. Two-and-a-half of the consoles seem to realize that they cannot keep up with…
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CES 2014 Podcast Day 2 – ASUS, Lucid, Valve, Seagate and more!!
CES 2014 Podcast Day 2 - 01/06/14 It's time for podcast fun at CES! Join us as we talk about the second day of the show including new…
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CES 2014: Valve And 13 Launch Partners Unveil Slew of Steam Machines
Valve Co-Founder Gabe Newell took the stage at a press conference in Las Vegas last night to introduce SteamOS powered Steam Machines and the company's hardware partners for the initial...
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CES 2014: Maingear Launches Tiny APU-Powered “Spark” Steambox PC
Not content to let Digital Storm have all the fun with SteamOS, MAINGEAR has launched a small form factor SPARK Steambox PC! Clad in the traditional red and black colors...
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CES 2014: iBUYPOWER Announces SBX Steam Machine
The onslaught of Steam Machine launches at CES in Las Vegas continues with a new living room friendly PC from iBUYPOWER called the SBX. This new Steambox runs Valve's Steam OS and…
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CES 2014: Digital Storm Bolt II SFF Steam Machine
Another big expectation coming into CES, this year, was the announcement of Steam Machines. We have already seen a few announcements but most of those were just teasers of what is to…
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Video: How to Install and Configure SteamOS Beta
Valve released to the world the first beta of SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system built specifically for PC gaming, on Friday evening. We have spent...
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Phoronix Already Starts to Benchmark SteamOS Beta
Have you been trying, unsuccessfully, to install SteamOS? If you get the '/dev/sda device or resource is busy' error: check out the fix on our Youtube channel! Some people do not...
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