Valve announces SteamOS, a free Linux-based OS for your Steam Box
… As you might've expected based on all of Gabe Newell's anti-Windows rants, the OS is built on Linux. …
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When Microsoft announced that Windows 8 would feature an App Store, and that this represented the future of the company's software design and distribution plans, user reaction wasn't very positive. Gabe Newell and Valve built Steam OS as a defensive measure, designed to prevent Microsoft from requiring all PC games to be sold through their own store front, cutting Steam off at the knees. Others expressed concern about how the strict sandboxing requirements would impact application functionality. It soon became clear that these fears were unfounded. The Windows Store launched alongside Windows
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The Windows 10 Store still isn't working out for Microsoft
… Gabe Newell and Valve built Steam OS as a defensive measure, designed to prevent Microsoft from requiring all PC games to be sold through their own store front, cutting Steam off at the knees. …