SteamOS: operating system for your television - Personal Computer Magazine

Valve has finally announced its long-awaited operating system. The Linux-based system is called SteamOS and is designed for gaming PCs in the living room. The operating system will be for the Steam Box, game console that Valve is working on for some time.

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Valve wants to build an open game console with the Steam Box. SteamOS is an essential part of this. The system combines the Steam distribution platform with a special interface designed for TVs. Valve is the operating system for free and says that major developers have already committed using the operating system. Triple-A titles suitable cooperation Existing Windows games will simply turn on SteamOS: Valve titles, this stream, like nVidia does with his Shield console

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Valve does not focus exclusively on gaming: streaming video and music streaming will also be supported. Valve promises to support.

as much as possible existing media services

The biggest competitor for SteamOS is obviously Windows 8, which has its own app store with games. Steam is not to talk about Windows 8, co-founder Gabe Newell calls Windows 8 a fiasco. Newell hold Microsoft responsible for the sharp decline in PC sales.

Valve has promised that later this week, two announcements will do. Presumably it to the Steam Box and the list of partners with whom the company will cooperate.