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Valve: The Linux Steam Engine That Could?
2013-09-30 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Valve cofounder Gabe Newell has made no secret of his disdain for Windows 8 and his newfound love for Linux as a gaming platform over the past year or so. It seems fair to say, however, that few here in the Linux community expected the colossal bear's-hug of support Valve gave our favorite operating system last week. First, it announced SteamOS; then it was the hardware side.
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Valve Beta Boosts Linux Gaming Full Steam Ahead
2013-09-26 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Valve Software will later this year beta test 300 hardware boxes running its Linux-based SteamOS, a standalone operating system for entertainment appliances in consumers' living rooms. The prototype box for the Steam platform, which is optimized for gaming in the living room, is completely upgradable and open. Beta testers are encouraged to hack or mod the box.
Steam Box: Valve announces its relaunching the PC
2013-09-25 20:49:18| Extremetech
The announcement we've all been anxiously awaiting for the better part of a year -- the reveal of Valve's Steam Box -- has arrived. It turns out Valve's purportedly revolutionary games console is, it would seem, a normal PC. Are you ready for a new era of gaming?
Valve to reveal Steam Box details next week: Is this the year of Linux gaming?!
2013-09-17 17:35:30| Extremetech
Speaking at LinuxCon this week, vaunted PC hero Gabe Newell once again brought Linux gaming back to the forefront, as he is wont to do. Unlike Gabe Newell, though, he said that Valve will reveal details about some Linux gaming hardware next week. Most likely, he is referring to the Steam Box.
Game sharing discovered in Steam beta update, Valve takes cue from Xbox One
2013-06-19 21:23:01| Extremetech
There has been a huge debacle over used games on the next-gen consoles recently, but that fight is only over physical discs. At this point, there are absolutely no expectations that games purchased through online services should be allowed to be lent to friends. Well, with the release of the latest Steam beta client, it seems that Valve is working on changing those expectations.