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Re:SteamOS: What we know so far and what to expect by viraptor on Friday December 13, 2013 @08:44AM (#6900406)
Why do you think they wouldn't go for straight deb-s? (apart for game data - I assume that will be downloaded the same way it is in typical steam application)
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Re:SteamOS: What we know so far and what to expect by sandGorgon on Friday December 13, 2013 @10:47AM (#6901076)
Because it is not based on Ubuntu and nobody knows for sure what the base distro is - earlier they had claimed Ubuntu 12.04 but that was refuted by an Engadget team recently [1]

As promised, the OS is built on Linux (not based on Ubuntu, we're told, but entirely custom), though you'd never know it as the only interactive layer is all Steam

[1] http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/04/valve-steam-machine-hands...

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Re:SteamOS: What we know so far and what to expect by mackal on Friday December 13, 2013 @11:09AM (#6901202)
Its Ubuntu, the Engadget guy interpreted the Dev wrong. Or I should say for most of its history its been Ubuntu based but it is still entirely possible they changed it, but I think its more likely the reporter is wrong.
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Re:SteamOS: What we know so far and what to expect by Arelius on Friday December 13, 2013 @02:51PM (#6902519)
Do you have any evidence to back this up? We've never seen SteamOS so we can't say what it's been for any of it's history. This sounds like pure speculation to me, and if I had to speculate I think it's more likely that the reporter is correct, and it is unlikely Ubuntu.
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Re:SteamOS: What we know so far and what to expect by TsiCClawOfLight on Friday December 13, 2013 @02:55PM (#6902539)
What makes you think that? Valve has been focusing on Ubuntu up to now, and they have an APT repo. If they don't base SteamOS on Ubuntu, they will probably base directly of Debian testing. Debian makes up most of desktop linux anyway...
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Re:SteamOS: What we know so far and what to expect by Arelius on Saturday December 14, 2013 @03:53AM (#6905167)
> Debian makes up most of desktop linux anyway

Actually, I'm pretty sure that spot belongs to Ubuntu, which is why:

> Valve has been focusing on Ubuntu up to now

They focus on Ubuntu release because that is where their target players are. SteamOS, being it's own release, doesn't have the same restriction.

> If they don't base SteamOS on Ubuntu, they will probably base directly of Debian testing

Nice save, anyways, the argument is moot now: http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown

Debian being, indeed, The most obvious choice.

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Re:SteamOS: What we know so far and what to expect by TsiCClawOfLight on Saturday December 14, 2013 @05:48AM (#6905327)
what save? I thought it was probable, so I wrote it.
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Re:SteamOS: What we know so far and what to expect by TsiCClawOfLight on Friday December 13, 2013 @11:03AM (#6901168)
They will probably base of Debian testing with custom backports.
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Re:SteamOS: What we know so far and what to expect by thomasknowles on Saturday December 14, 2013 @08:28AM (#6905623)
Description: Beta build of SteamOS 1.0 distribution based on Debian 7.1 Wheezy
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