I have to hand it to Alienware as they really are trying to do a push for their Steam Machine units, we have another video to show off, this time from Trisha Hershberger.
The good thing about this video for me personally, is that she looks like she has small hands and can reach all the buttons. That was actually one of my worries, as I've seen a few people mention they've seen people who can't reach all the buttons.
I should be able to give you some real thoughts of my own on the Steam Controller next week!
Exciting times. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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The good thing about this video for me personally, is that she looks like she has small hands and can reach all the buttons. That was actually one of my worries, as I've seen a few people mention they've seen people who can't reach all the buttons.
I should be able to give you some real thoughts of my own on the Steam Controller next week!
Exciting times. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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wvstolzing Nov 3, 2015
There was an 'unboxing' video earlier today; covering pretty much the same ground as this one:
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I fully agree with Trisha saying Valve needs to add Twitch integration. This is such a no-brainer that I'm SHOCKED Valve hasn't done this yet with Steam. Also, just recording in general. I do LP videos and I'm not sure how recording the traditional way, using SSR, would work on SteamOS, since, to the best of my knowledge, the desktop and Steam Big Picture Mode are separate sessions. On my Xubuntu rig it's no problem, since it's the same session. Valve really need to integrate either SSR or OBS into Steam, or make their own recording software that's integrated into Steam.
As for the controller, my hands aren't huge, but they're not tiny either, so I can't relate to people with small hands, but I have no problem using the face buttons, once I rewired my brain to know where they are instinctively. A bigger problem might be for people with large fingers since the buttons are so small and close together that they may have problems unintentionally hitting multiple buttons at once. I don't have that problem, but I could definitely see people with thick thumbs having it.
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As for the controller, my hands aren't huge, but they're not tiny either, so I can't relate to people with small hands, but I have no problem using the face buttons, once I rewired my brain to know where they are instinctively. A bigger problem might be for people with large fingers since the buttons are so small and close together that they may have problems unintentionally hitting multiple buttons at once. I don't have that problem, but I could definitely see people with thick thumbs having it.
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Valve haven't even enabled streaming for Linux yet!
Edit: I meant broadcasting.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 3 November 2015 at 5:50 pm UTC
Edit: I meant broadcasting.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 3 November 2015 at 5:50 pm UTC
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rustybroomhandle Nov 3, 2015
I believe it's essential to make it easy for people to install supplementary software on SteamOS. An example is XBMC or Kodi media centre software to make up for the limited media centre capabilities of a stock Steam Machine. Similarly, I'm sure one could hack in Twitch streaming quite easily.
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LinuxGamesTV Nov 3, 2015
Quoting: liamdaweValve haven't even enabled streaming for Linux yet!
If you mean the Steam Broadcasting, then I agree.
But did you mean In-Home Streaming, then i don't agree.
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Quoting: liamdaweValve haven't even enabled streaming for Linux yet!
Wrong there I was streaming Pillars of Eternity from my Linux desktop to my Linux laptop over the summer when I was laid low with a broken ankle.
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Quoting: ajgpQuoting: liamdaweValve haven't even enabled streaming for Linux yet!
Wrong there I was streaming Pillars of Eternity from my Linux desktop to my Linux laptop over the summer when I was laid low with a broken ankle.
At one time you could in-home stream from a Linux PC, but it's not available at the moment.
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Quoting: vgnmnkyQuoting: ajgpQuoting: liamdaweValve haven't even enabled streaming for Linux yet!
Wrong there I was streaming Pillars of Eternity from my Linux desktop to my Linux laptop over the summer when I was laid low with a broken ankle.
At one time you could in-home stream from a Linux PC, but it's not available at the moment.
Well thats shit, why have they broken it when it was working perfectly fine earlier this year. though I am going to have to check this out myself tonight
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Quoting: vgnmnkyQuoting: ajgpQuoting: liamdaweValve haven't even enabled streaming for Linux yet!
Wrong there I was streaming Pillars of Eternity from my Linux desktop to my Linux laptop over the summer when I was laid low with a broken ankle.
At one time you could in-home stream from a Linux PC, but it's not available at the moment.
Actually, you can do "in-home stream" from Linux PC to Linux PC, I can assure you. For the broadcast I have no experience with it.
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Quoting: BdMdesigNQuoting: liamdaweValve haven't even enabled streaming for Linux yet!
If you mean the Steam Broadcasting, then I agree.
But did you mean In-Home Streaming, then i don't agree.
Yeah, i forget they are both a form of streaming. I did mean the broadcasting which is still absent.
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I'd like to see somebody playing titles on the steam machine a bit more than the previews videos.
I'd like more videos about SteamLink though, about performance and stuff, because when I tried in-home streaming it didn't work that well on a lot of titles.
I'd like more videos about SteamLink though, about performance and stuff, because when I tried in-home streaming it didn't work that well on a lot of titles.
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Quoting: ttyborgQuoting: vgnmnkyQuoting: ajgpQuoting: liamdaweValve haven't even enabled streaming for Linux yet!
Wrong there I was streaming Pillars of Eternity from my Linux desktop to my Linux laptop over the summer when I was laid low with a broken ankle.
At one time you could in-home stream from a Linux PC, but it's not available at the moment.
Actually, you can do "in-home stream" from Linux PC to Linux PC, I can assure you. For the broadcast I have no experience with it.
Please let me know how! Maybe I was mislead by what it says on the Steam website, but I know I used to be able to do in-home streaming, and now it appears I can't.
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