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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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