Currently Steam Big Picture mode and SteamOS don't get a hardware survey, so even if millions of people pick up a Steam Machine we won't currently see any changes in the Steam Hardware Survey, but that could change in future.
Not exactly big news, as we already knew they didn't survey them, but we didn't know why. It turns out the code to do it just isn't there at the moment.
In the comments of a bug report I commented on, Drew Bliss said this about my feature request comment:
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Good to see it's a feature just not being in there currently, rather than them just not doing it.
I still think it would be better if they just did it all automatically, then we would have a much clearer picture. As long as there was an opt-out, it wouldn't be too big a security concern for people, at least not for me anyway. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Not exactly big news, as we already knew they didn't survey them, but we didn't know why. It turns out the code to do it just isn't there at the moment.
In the comments of a bug report I commented on, Drew Bliss said this about my feature request comment:
QuoteI meant "not intended to work" in the sense that the work hasn't been done to hook it up so this isn't a bug where code isn't working as intended. Having survey information would be valuable and eventually that'll get added.
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Good to see it's a feature just not being in there currently, rather than them just not doing it.
I still think it would be better if they just did it all automatically, then we would have a much clearer picture. As long as there was an opt-out, it wouldn't be too big a security concern for people, at least not for me anyway. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: khalismurTLDR? It is a survey and it is statistics.
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Quoting: khalismurThe only question we can't answer is how representative the sample is.
It might e. g. be a bit biased towards Linux, because as a Windows user, I'd probably have opted out ("Why would I?!?" ), as a Linuxer, I'm happy when I get it and opt in ("Hey, let's support Linux!" ).
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Quoting: STiATI bet there are not more than 100 machines out there actually running SteamOS in BPM. Ye, I'm pesimist :-).
I've been using SteamOS for about a month now. It could use some bug fixes with the interface, but so far, it's been a nice experience. All the games I've downloaded have worked. I know it's going to be a slow progression from here on out, but I'm excited about what Valve has in store for SteamOS. I plan on rolling down my old gaming PC to be used as a Debian Desktop. I will use my high end rig for SteamOS. Technically, they're both high end, but SteamOS will get the newer hardware.
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