TechHive: SteamOS beta impressions: Well, Valve did warn you to wait

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SteamOS beta impressions: Well, Valve did warn you to wait Dec 18th 2013, 11:30, by Hayden Dingman It's out! SteamOS—Valve's living room-oriented operating system created primarily to run games—is finally here, in our office, running on a real machine. But notice how I didn't say that it's running on every machine in the office. Notice how I also didn't say that it's running on my home machine.  We weren't kidding when we wrote that you might want to wait before you install. Wait for how long? I don't know, yet, but SteamOS as it stands today is rough. Fun with the install It all begins with the installation process. As Valve's initial release announcement stated, "Unless you're an intrepid Linux hacker already, we're going to recommend that you wait until later in 2014 to try it out." Installation, while possible, definitely isn't polished enough for the general public. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: steamosimpressions_primary-100160863-small.jpg

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