Not to mention, Linux (and thus Steam OS) is easily installed.
I updated my desktop to Linux Mint 16 today and discovered that neither Steam nor Wine will install on it. Steam seems to be supported on Ubuntu 12.10 (although it does work on 13.04).
I updated my desktop to Linux Mint 16 today and discovered that neither Steam nor Wine will install on it. Steam seems to be supported on Ubuntu 12.10 (although it does work on 13.04).
Both Steam and Wine work perfectly on Ubuntu 13.10 (I'm running both on my 13.10 laptop).
I think you just provided a shining example of the potential problems linux gaming faces...
Mint is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable.
Fedora is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable.
Arch is just a buggy distro, I used it once upon a time, it's simply not stable.
We could play this game all day to make stinkytaco's point.
But I'd put an app into production on any of the ones listed over Mint.
Either way, the fact that Steam doesn't work on Mint is Mint's problem, not Steam's...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6847940
"Steam is included in the Linux Mint 16 repositories and you shouldn't have issues installing it from the package manager. Or you can always "apt-get install steam". Like most Linux applications, you are better off installing the application from the package manager instead of from the upstream website."
now stop spreading FUD.
MMM, no. All of the others you listed, yes. Else, I wouldn't be running Linux. I'd be running Windows.
Ubuntu rocks.
Ubuntu is building a new packaging format called "Click Packages", which possibly would solve a lot of these installation issues.
It would be unsurprising, if Steam/SteamOS uses this at its core, precisely to solve the availability issue.
However, I believe that SteamOS will become the default distro for all gamers.
Edit: But, yes LM 16 is little buggy, but its perfectly usable and I am sure the bugs will be ironed out in subsequent updates.