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Many of you have been following the Steam OS and Steambox journey will know that Steam have released their very own OS. Here it is: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
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WARNING: This will erase all content on the target computer.
recommended hardware requirements;
Processor:
Intel or AMD 64-bit capable processor
Memory:
4GB or more RAM
Hard Drive:
500GB or larger disk
Video Card:
NVIDIA graphics card
(AMD and Intel graphics support coming soon!)
How to install SteamOS:
Default Installation
You will need to create a SteamOS System Restore USB stick to perform this install. The image provided here requires at least a 1TB disk.
1.Download the default SteamOS beta installation
2.Format a 4GB or larger USB stick with the FAT32 filesystem. Use "SYSRESTORE" as the partition name.
3.Unzip the contents of SYSRESTORE.zip to this USB stick to create the System Restore USB stick.
4.Put the System Restore USB stick in your target machine. Boot your machine and tell the BIOS to boot off the stick. (usually something like F8, F11 or F12 will bring up the BIOS boot menu).
5.Make sure you select the UEFI entry, it may look something like "UEFI: Patriot Memory PMAP". If there is no UEFI entry, you may need to enable UEFI support in your BIOS setup.
6.Select "Restore Entire Disk" from the GRUB menu.
7.When it is complete it will shutdown. Power on the machine to boot into your freshly re-imaged SteamOS.
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Yeah i had it downloaded yesterday from the second it was announced. then i saw no AMD GPU support, so i gotta wait till that update comes out.
I would advise all Linux virgins to stay well clear, i have used this on my secondary rig, and it is very hard to use.
I would advise all Linux virgins to stay well clear, i have used this on my secondary rig, and it is very hard to use.
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Not sure if i want to get it, is it worth it and will it be the same as using windows with the ready appliacations that come with it
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It looks pretty clean and nice and good but as graig said hard to use...
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It's pretty cool, I have it on my old build.
I did have some boot errors but nothing major.
I did have some boot errors but nothing major.
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so if i download this it will overwrite my windows 8?
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Kharma wrote so if i download this it will overwrite my windows 8?Yes, this Beta requires you to format your HDD/SSD. You'll loose everything.
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Flutterlicious wrote It's pretty cool, I have it on my old build.
I did have some boot errors but nothing major.
When you say old build can you give a breakdown of the spec of the pc you have installed on, including graphics card used.
Thanks much appreciated.
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Anybody know whether it is possible for a dual boot yet? Or a VM? I'm familiar with Linux however I don't know whether I want this or not...
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Anybody know whether it is possible for a dual boot yet? Or a VM? I'm familiar with Linux however I don't know whether I want this or not...
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