“What’s the Point of Steam OS?”
Ars Technica UK published an editorial called, Hey Valve: What's the point of Steam OS? The article does not actually pose the...
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Feb 3, 2016 | Systems | 74
Ars Technica UK published an editorial called, Hey Valve: What's the point of Steam OS? The article does not actually pose the...
Read Moreby Tim Verry | Mar 6, 2015 | General Tech | 14
Maingear is joining the Steam Machine fray at the Games Developers Conference with its announcement of the upcoming Drift Steam Machine. The Drift is a configurable small form factor gaming PC that…
Read Moreby Sebastian Peak | Mar 4, 2015 | Systems | 22
Favor a steamier TV gaming experience? ZOTAC has announced a new Steam Machine on the eve of Valve’s presentation at GDC on Wednesday. The SN970 presumably gets its name from the GTX…
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Jun 15, 2014 | General Tech, Mobile, Shows and Expos | 10
To be doubly clear, if the title was not explicit enough, this announcement is not made by Valve. This company is called, "SteamBoy Machine team". If not a hoax, this is…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Apr 16, 2014 | General Tech | 4
A popular question that has arisen from the release of the four new low cost Kabini processors has been their effectiveness in powering a Steam Machine. Phoronix have just finished...
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Feb 13, 2014 | General Tech, Systems | 2
Two days ago, Intel added a new BIOS for the NUC to their download center. Its main update addresses a problem with booting some operating systems, such as SteamOS....
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Jan 22, 2014 | General Tech, Systems | 1
When Valve launched SteamOS, it was definitely a beta product. Its installer prompted Ryan to make a troubleshooting video on our Youtube channel. It also apparently required a computer equipped...
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Jan 15, 2014 | General Tech, Networking | 7
In-Home Streaming could be the feature most likely to kick-off SteamOS adoption. This functionality brings existing PCs to televisions without requiring the user to actually bring the box to their living room.…
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Jan 9, 2014 | General Tech | 5
The Steam platform prides itself on benefiting from the many billions of dollars spent by the PC industry in-fighting. Two-and-a-half of the consoles seem to realize that they cannot keep up with…
Read Moreby Ryan Shrout | Jan 7, 2014 | General Tech | 4
CES 2014 Podcast Day 2 - 01/06/14 It's time for podcast fun at CES! Join us as we talk about the second day of the show including new…
Read Moreby Tim Verry | Jan 7, 2014 | Editorial, General Tech | 3
Valve Co-Founder Gabe Newell took the stage at a press conference in Las Vegas last night to introduce SteamOS powered Steam Machines and the company's hardware partners for the initial...
Read MoreNot content to let Digital Storm have all the fun with SteamOS, MAINGEAR has launched a small form factor SPARK Steambox PC! Clad in the traditional red and black colors...
Read Moreby Tim Verry | Jan 7, 2014 | General Tech | 4
The onslaught of Steam Machine launches at CES in Las Vegas continues with a new living room friendly PC from iBUYPOWER called the SBX. This new Steambox runs Valve's Steam OS and…
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Jan 6, 2014 | General Tech, Shows and Expos, Systems | 1
Another big expectation coming into CES, this year, was the announcement of Steam Machines. We have already seen a few announcements but most of those were just teasers of what is to…
Read Moreby Ryan Shrout | Dec 15, 2013 | General Tech, Systems | 0
Valve released to the world the first beta of SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system built specifically for PC gaming, on Friday evening. We have spent...
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Dec 15, 2013 | General Tech | 0
Have you been trying, unsuccessfully, to install SteamOS? If you get the '/dev/sda device or resource is busy' error: check out the fix on our Youtube channel! Some people do not...
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Dec 7, 2013 | General Tech, Systems | 7
This is what an open ecosystem does...
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Dec 5, 2013 | General Tech | 1
Valve may very well produce one of the near future's most popular non-mobile, consumer, Linux distributions. SteamOS will be marketed for gaming PCs (some...
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