Quoting: PeciskSteam Machine on launch had more games to play than XBO and PS4.

While I still find it hard to believe, Steam Machines had more titles on launch day than Xbox 360 or PS3 have today (according to Wikipedia's numbers)...

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Quoting: ShmerlI never bought anything in their store before. Is it DRM-free?

They give you a steam key.

There's direct download at least sometimes, it seems: https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/news/280/ [External Link]

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Quoting: StalinspetrockI can't tell you how it's running just yet, as it's not gonna be here til Black Friday at the earliest, but I wound up with the Steam Machine P, i5 4460, 1 TB HDD, 8 gb RAM, and a 970 for ~$650. And I want to run Linux - that's why I'm here, I was googling linux gaming info

I'd be interested how it works out! Maybe you'd even like to write an article about your experiences?

Quoting: Stalinspetrockbut I don't want to see performance take a hit because of it. I'm going to run SteamOS for a little while at least, just to see what it's like, but if I notice any issues I'll at least dual boot. In the event of widespread Linux gaming support I'll definitely make the switch, which is entirely possible if Valve pushes hard enough IMO.

You will have performance hits. For some games it won't matter, like if it's 120 fps or 100 fps, for others it probably will, to be honest.

Quoting: Stalinspetrock(also do y'all think I should go with Cinnamon Mint instead of SteamOS or what)

Distributions are always a matter of personal taste - and endless discussions. :)
But you can try out many of them using live DVDs.

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Quoting: StalinspetrockHey, I'm someone who bought one of these. Just made an account to tell you all that what I've seen of SteamOS benchmarks means I'm still a little iffy about gaming on Linux. I'll probably see if I can get a dualboot going, just in case future updates make SteamOS more viable, but I will probably be installing windows in the short term, as much as I'd like to use an open source OS.

So you're basically here to make us sad? ;)

No, seriously...
Which one did you get?
How's it running?
Would you consider to dual-boot at least? :)

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I wish it would have filtering...
What's there for Linux?
I found these:
* Xcom EU & EW
* Alien:Isolation
* Company of Heroes 2
* Shadow of Mordor

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Quoting: CaldazarSome of you guys seriously need to hang up some of those motivational posters at home.

:D

With last weeks news, I got more pessimistic about it, though I wasn't overly optimistic in the first place...

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This might mean they wanted to get rid of Steam Machine business quickly.
Please, let me be overly pessimistic with this.

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Shameless plug:
I've started to make a list of Linux games worth your bucks. If you want to add your recommendations...:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/crowdfunding/index.php/Games_worth_your_bucks

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Quoting: ShaoluThe Talos Principle is seriously one of the best games of all time for me.

Same here, for me it's probably the best game I've ever played.

It might be worth for you to take a look at SOMA. While it's a different genre, horror instead of puzzler, and it does not yield it's philosophical questions via tons of texts, it still reminded me of The Tals Principle - and Anmesia, of course.

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I'm still trying to survive This War of Mine,
solved my first puzzles in The Talos Principle: Road To Gehenna
and I had a great session of Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime with my non-gaming fiancé!

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