Happy to hear that. Didn't ask for more. I'll keep using my SteamOS machine whenever it's possible.

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Sad... I really hope that SteamOS will live on or at least that Valve will include the steamos-compositor & steamos-modeswitch-inhibitor into the linux client so that we may switch DE, like Kodi does, when installed. My PC is hooked to my TV and I really like the idea of booting directly into BPM for a "lean & mean" gaming distro.

BTW, to answer some questions in previous posts, it's already possible to build your own SteamOS on any ubuntu based system (probably other debian based distros, but I didn't test it):

https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur/+archive/ubuntu/steamos [External Link]

Edit:

Just found that... Interresting read that goes with what others already reported:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/valve-has-several-games-in-development/ [External Link]

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Don't know if someone mentionned it, but in the case of a new Steam Machine launch, the NUC Hades Canyon could be such an answer. In fact the i7-8809G portion could be used in a much cheaper version of the NUC Hades Canyon:

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3267074/computers/intel-hades-canyon-nuc-nuc8i7hvk-review.html [External Link]

From the benchmarks, the vega portion should give performances similar to a GTX 1060, but who knows what Valve has in mind? A game streaming service in the pipeline, maybe?

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Yes! Keep going Feral! Fill that radar signal! More Linux games = More Linux users (I hope). :)

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Awesome! Unfortunately, I won't be able to support Feral, this time. Got the game when I bought my GTX960... :(
Still, I will probably buy it again for my kids, when they are old enough...

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: ScooptaYes but wine isn't a port. Feral might be doing some wrapping but they're not wrapping the entire binary. I'll take ports over wrappers any day even if the port has wrapper libraries.

I disagree with saying that Feral's wrapper has no effect on native gaming. It has. It reduces incentives to make native ports. It doesn't mean it's a bad thing, since wrapped release is better than no functioning option at all. But then your claim that binary wrapper somehow discourages native ports more doesn't make sense to me. It's IMHO completely irrelevant what kind of wrapping takes place if you are analyzing it as alternative to native port. It's all a shortcut that allows playing something without spending a lot on native rewrite. The only difference is that Wine allows it for anything, and Feral allow it for what they selected only.

So this whole argument is about marketing only (i.e. "viewed as Linux release" ), not about actual effect on native releases. Nothing stops developers doing what Topware did [External Link], and use Wine for marketed "official" Linux release.

This whole topic started as an answer to "Wine discourages native ports, while Feral are encouraging them". I don't see that difference. If anything, both provide non native options in different fashions, and one being a closed controlled by Feral product, while other is FOSS and can be used by anyone.

Questions... Not saying it's impossible, but the initial game publisher never takes into account the wine compatibility when an update occurs, and usually doesn't want to either. Who is going to take charge of tracking the updates for a given game and maintaining the wine builds? Feral is doing that for it's releases with support form the initial publisher. The wine community can't do that for all games/app that it strives to support. When a game gets broken after an update, in some cases, it takes a couple of weeks/months for wine to catchup. Some stay in an approximate state for a much longer time... Too long or not enough efficient to be viable. I'd be curious to see what form it could take, but can the community get organized to play the role of Feral, with Wine?

Edit: Typo.

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In fact, I began to wonder about the discussion that Valve had with Microsoft, back in 2012, when the story "Faster Zombies" was of actuality... Was it a "gentlement agreement" in the form of: "Windows with UWP is coming no matter what you say, but you have 7-10 years to adapt. In the meanwhile we will let you be, but please stop your Windows bashing"?

I have absolutely no insight, it's just speculation from an outside view based on observation and assuredly biased by hope. :)

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If you are looking for a proof that Microsoft is buying Valve... Not! :)

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Daniel-Joins-Valve-Driver [External Link]

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: qptain Nemo

Quoting: GrazenHere is a link discussing WCOS:

https://www.windowscentral.com/understanding-windows-core-os-and-polaris [External Link]

Note that WCOS is not Windows S.

That is hilarious. They're literally selling... Linux. The Linux paradigm. All the best Linux features. (Closed platform bits aside) Brilliant.

Don't worry. This is just marketing. The actual implementation will have the worst Windows "features" broken into nifty little modules. Still a steaming pile of crap, but you get to pick and choose the nuggets.

Will we discover that it is based on Microsoft's custom Linux distribution and that Miux really exists? Lol!

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Quoting: liamdaweI wasn't being sarcastic either, I was being sincere. I want more Linux teasers, lots of them and for those then to be awesome Linux games ;)

Ok then... That's what I wanted to verify. Wasn't sure... Text, sometimes, doesn't quite demonstrate the intention and since my first language is not english, I might do some formulation mistakes and wrongly interpret some comments. The last thing I want is to offend anybody. I value too much GamingOnLinux and Feral to do such things.

Keep doing your awesome work you too.

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