As for the the keyboard input you can see here at min 1.05 opening the keyboard and entering the name "test":
View video on youtube.com

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: dubigrasuHm, the screen-zoom and the keyboard, I have them both working here.
Oh, and the controller working with steam closed, that one is working too. And I mean that is always working, even in the motherboard's bios or while using the grub etc.

Really the "Toggle Magnifier" option actually works for you?

What distro and desktop are you on?

I'm on SteamOS. I tested a bit the zoom option and what it does is scaling a bit the image (I couldn't find an option to increase/decrease the zoom) and you cam move it around with the right pad.

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Hm, the screen-zoom and the keyboard, I have them both working here.
Oh, and the controller working with steam closed, that one is working too. And I mean that is always working, even in the motherboard's bios or while using the grub etc.

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Quoting: BdMdesigNYou all forget: SteamOS is BETA Software

There is a beta (2.91) branch indeed (which incidentally was updated few minutes ago), but a stable (2.87) branch too.

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Quoting: HalifaxAnd don't forget about dipsticks like me that want both. A Steam Machine + SteamOS combo, and be an enthusiast hacker/promoter that has no intention of running my SM + SteamOS "as intended".

Is that the first Alienware Steam Machine? I'd love to get one, there are more performant SM out-here, but that one is (or will be) a piece of history.

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Quoting: m2mg2It will run on any hardware Linux will with, at least with an x86_64 cpu. Even if it doesn't if you have the skills you should be able to make it. But it will not have been tested and debugged. Official Steam Machines "should" have been tested and debugged to ensure they don't have issues, anything else is untested and unsupported (at least not in any major way). So if you want a problem free experience with SteamOS you should use an official Steam Machine. If you want to fix issues that might come up (basically being a beta tester and debugging their stuff) make your own Steam Machine. If you just want to play Steam games in Linux without altering your standard operating procedures, just use the Steam Client in you chosen distro.

Exactly this. Actual Steam Machines are Valve's supporting target, the rest of us (custom Steam Machines owners) are, well, enthusiasts and SteamOS promoters giving a helping hand while satisfying our own curiosity.
The installation procedure is indeed customized and outside the norm.
About the Raspberry Pi thing, it was just a joke, have no idea about Steam for ARM.

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Quoting: wvstolzing

Quoting: dubigrasuIndeed, SteamOS basically can be installed on whatever hardware a Debian Jessie can be installed.

So a Raspberry Pi too? :P

That would be the thing :)

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Quoting: jedidiahlnx...which could be nearly anything. Unless Valve has some very Draconian system requirements, what's in random user systems and what's in "sanctioned" Steam Boxes probably overlaps a great deal.

Indeed, SteamOS basically can be installed on whatever hardware a Debian Jessie can be installed.

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Let's not over dramatize this "SteamOS is dead/not working" and so on.
It does work and is still updated and worked on.
You have a purchased/supported Steam Machine where SteamOS broke? That shouldn't happen, but if it does report the bug to Valve, you'll be doing it for the Linux gaming benefit in general, not only for SteamOS. We will all profit (regardless of what distro we love) if Steam Machines are rock solid.
If you have a custom/unsupported SteamOS installation, well, congratulations for your curiosity and thank Valve for making it possible instead of locking SteamOS to Steam Machines.
(how awesome would it be to have custom/unsupported Orbis installation?)
You can still be a sport and report the bugs but yeah, your hardware or your configuration choices might be unsupported and SteamOS can break. No surprises here and no need for "SteamOS is dead" drama.

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Well, I think Valve is more interested in having SteamOS running on their sanctioned Steam Machines rather than the custom ones.
The reset option (like for current consoles) does work if the default installation method is used.

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