http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamMachines/ Valve has announced partnerships with hardware manufacturers to provide a set-top/living room friendly gaming machine for the sole purpose of running SteamOS! Welcome to my living room, steam.
wait... aren't we well past the victorian era and the age of steam-powered things? WHY ARE WE GOING BACK IN TIME?!?? GABEN HAS A TIMe MACHINE!!!!1111ONEONEONE!
Now there is a beta for the Steam Machines you may be eligible for. Here is the list of things you must do to be eligible: THE HARDWARE BETA ELIGIBILITY QUEST: Before October 25, log in to Steam and then visit your quest page to track your current status towards beta test eligibility 1. Join the Steam Universe community group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse 2. Agree to the Steam Hardware Beta Terms and Conditions https://store.steampowered.com/hardwarebeta/ 3. Make 10 Steam friends (if you haven't already) 4. Create a public Steam Community profile (if you haven't already) 5. Play a game using a gamepad in Big Picture mode
Well that didn't take long: http://arstechnica.com/information-...ith-linux-pledges-help-on-open-source-driver/ Valve, thank you for booting people in their asses and making Linux more viable for everyone.
