jediyoshi
Member
Why try any incomplete software?
And oh god, I'd hope they wouldn't be lying in their own FAQ.
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SteamOS out now (beta)
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Why try any incomplete software?
And oh god, I'd hope they wouldn't be lying in their own FAQ.
TouchMyBox
Member
Normally I would think it would work, but if they made their own system compositor, then maybe it won't work yet.
Yeah, this is a true beta -- not even for hardcore PC gamers like myself.
I'm curious about how the performance of supported games compares to their performance in Windows. I think it eventually needs to match or exceed Windows performance to make SteamOS viable outside of use with steam boxes.
McSmiggins
Neo Member
Just remember it's early days, the only hardware this OS has to support at the moment is what they've shipped in the Steam boxes they've shipped out to testers. From the looks of it, we've just got the restore image for the Steamboxes, but because it's based on Debian there's plenty of room for people to put it all together. It like people trying to run Mac OS on non Apple hardware, you can put the drivers together yourself and someone will make the drivers for it.
The 1TB minimum does make sense if you consider what the purpose of the OS is, you need to download games to use it, It's a problem the real machines will never, run into because they'll all be physical machines (And it probably has some effect on partners who wanted to ship hard drives that are too small.
You can trick a VM into thinking it's got a 1TB drive though, just use "allocate on use" and the restore will probably grow the disk image to ~5-10GB max, I'm assuming you won't really be running games in it, since there's no graphics drivers, esp for a VM.
End of the day, it's Linux, by the morning there'll be 100 different guides for getting it up and running, I just want to see the options I've got for package repos and stuff, ideally I want my HTPC to run it, but I've got ~5TB of drives in there and I need to know I can get Plex running on it and it'll take over from Windows as soon as the streaming stuff is in.
The 1TB minimum does make sense if you consider what the purpose of the OS is, you need to download games to use it, It's a problem the real machines will never, run into because they'll all be physical machines (And it probably has some effect on partners who wanted to ship hard drives that are too small.
You can trick a VM into thinking it's got a 1TB drive though, just use "allocate on use" and the restore will probably grow the disk image to ~5-10GB max, I'm assuming you won't really be running games in it, since there's no graphics drivers, esp for a VM.
End of the day, it's Linux, by the morning there'll be 100 different guides for getting it up and running, I just want to see the options I've got for package repos and stuff, ideally I want my HTPC to run it, but I've got ~5TB of drives in there and I need to know I can get Plex running on it and it'll take over from Windows as soon as the streaming stuff is in.
Well if Steam/Valve/Gaben worshipers are saying this what is going to compete with game consoles for living room gaming... But not having having 2 of 3 major graphics card manufactures supported in BETA... it has a LOONG way to go
A platform needs to have some marketplace presence and "waiting" to hop on board doesn't give developers the incentive to develop for said platform
Performance comparison seems to be the only solid reason to install SteamOS right now. Valve did mention performance gains over Windows.
Intheflorsh
Banned
If you get this up and running tonight, don't skimp on vids.
TheAngryMonkey
Member
If you have wget (Linux/OS X via homebrew) you can do the following
wget -c --tries=0 http://repo.steamstatic.com/download/SteamOSInstaller.zip
wget will keep retrying the download if it is disconnected.
wget -c --tries=0 http://repo.steamstatic.com/download/SteamOSInstaller.zip
wget will keep retrying the download if it is disconnected.
I'm exactly the same, but as an added bonus, I have no UEFI support....... guess i'll check out the youtube vids later on!
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
It's not, but Johnny Cage does the exact same thing to Goro in the first movie.
TheAngryMonkey
Member
Only issue I have is that it isn't rolled out as an ISO. Extracting to a USB drive, I hope that actually works for this. This is still better than the early days of Linux...
Intheflorsh
Banned
It's a beta, they'll probably find a better way to release it when it's finished.
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
Theres streaming built into Nvidias latest drivers though, so it might actually work.
Yeah. It's almost like it's beta or something.
Kocolino67
Member
But honestly, I would not expect this at the moment.
Not even Beta
wanting to drop windows for good is good enough reason for me to support it.
Its a beta. By definition, it doesn't need to run on every system or have every game. It is unfinished and needs testing. With a competent knowledge of linux you can solve several problems yourself.
Jeez what were you expecting?
Torrent is zipping right along
It surely doesn't feel like a beta...
Fantasy Final
Member
The content of the .zip is a bunch on files, there's no ISO in there.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Read the FAQ, you might need a flash drive.
You should have read the FAQ. Go there now maybe?
Hopefully, we'll find out soon enough. I was expecting a little more from the beta. Guess I'll hold off till they release a simple installer or something.
Technosteve
Banned
this is rough only nvidia support? can't use AMD drivers?
Gangxxter
Member
Don't use the steamstatic link, instead use this one: http://repo.steampowered.com/download/SteamOSInstaller.zip
Partial Gamification
Banned
edit: ^yeah yeah yeah...
I think there is a lot of buzz going around, people are exicted and many don't know what to expect. Valve seems to have been very clear about this (and I know you have been paying attention so thiss is just a PSA):
link for good measure
Read the faq, install the respective packages yourself
alf717
Member
Your expectations are way out of line. This is not a roll-out at all. It's for people who know what they are doing with Linux. Nothing more. Valve was very up front about this not being anywhere close to primetime.
ScepticMatt
Member
I'm seeding at 5MB/s
Kocolino67
Member
I'll got to bed now. Good luck everyone! I expect your successful installation stories and first experiences with a real PC (and not just VM) in the Steammachine homebrew thread 
Cheers and hf
Cheers and hfCheers for putting links up, I'm stuck on a mobile at the moment
A bit low end on the hardware side...
OT: Backing up my files, been meaning to do a fresh install so I'll give this a go first...will post screens/impressions if all goes well
jediyoshi
Member
Proper steamos page up
http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/
http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/
Intheflorsh
Banned
Nevermind, I can't read.
I believe that is from the movie "I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry" staring Adam Sandler and Kevin James.