Good news! Linux already exists!

Install any kind of Linux and install Steam on your computer and you've got essentially everything SteamOS has.

Originally posted by butter:

Steam OS for PC

Please make Steam OS for PC so that I can ditch Windows, as I despise them.

I only use my PC for gaming, Discord and web surfing.

Thanks

Valve has already mentioned they will eventually release a PC version of Steam OS but it won't be soon.

Just use Linux. It is what SteamOS is based off of and it works really well for gaming. I'd recommend Mint, Ubuntu or Fedora if you're starting off.

Problem with Linux is not every game is supported by them. With A Steam OS all games on Steam will be supported. If They make a Steam OS I will switch over ASAP. I am tired of Windows BS and Linux does not support all games I own.

Originally posted by Dragonsinsanity:

Problem with Linux is not every game is supported by them. With A Steam OS all games on Steam will be supported. If They make a Steam OS I will switch over ASAP. I am tired of Windows BS and Linux does not support all games I own.

Not all games support SteamOS/Linux, especially quite a few MP games.

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Dragonsinsanity:

Problem with Linux is not every game is supported by them. With A Steam OS all games on Steam will be supported. If They make a Steam OS I will switch over ASAP. I am tired of Windows BS and Linux does not support all games I own.

Not all games support SteamOS/Linux, especially quite a few MP games.

:nkCool:

If Valve makes a "Steam OS" that's not based on Linux in some hypothetical future, not only will it not support the games that don't currently work on Linux, it likely won't support the games that do work on Linux either.

The good news is that back in reality, no matter what kind of Linux you're running, the list of games Steam can run is basically "anything that doesn't actively work to prevent Steam from running it on Linux".

Most of the games in that category can be summed up with one phrase: "windows kernel driver anticheat". If you want to play a game that isn't some online competitive deal, odds are pretty good that you can just do that with no extra steps.

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.