This is a little exciting! It seems Valve are pushing ahead with some major updates to SteamOS with SteamOS 3.0.
Looks like it will be codenamed Clockwerk, continuing their tradition of naming their versions after Dota 2 characters like we had with the previous Alchemist and Brewmaster releases. You can see their repo list here, which shows both a Clockwerk and Clockwerk Beta listing.
Valve actually hinted that this was coming with the last update to SteamOS, where they noted that they had updated their build infrastructure.
It's possible this will be based on Debian 9, which was released back in 2017 since Brewmaster is still based on Debian 8 which was released way back in 2015. Update: Turns out it is indeed based on Debian 9, as pointed out in our comments.
I wouldn't expect major changes in how SteamOS actually operates though, as this will likely involve Kernel and GPU driver updates to help SteamOS keep up with modern hardware. It does show they still believe in it though, slow and steady wins the race? Will be fun to see exactly what it includes.
For the current stable version of SteamOS, they just pushed the previous beta out to everyone too with SteamOS update 2.154.
Hat tip to dubigrasu.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
QuoteSlow and steady wins the race?Not usually that great a tactic, but it seems to work for Valve (gestures towards great steaming mountains of money).
https://www.pcgamer.com/ex-valve-employee-describes-ruthless-industry-politics/?utm_content=buffer537a4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer-pcgamertw
So far I'm a big supporter of them and grateful for what they did for Linux.
Yet, if that's even remotely true then I'm deeply disappointed by the mismatch
between what they want people believe how they are working and what it is really like.
No wonder we probably won't see any great games anymore from them,
when people are now working in such a hostile environment.
Last edited by sub on 24 July 2018 at 10:39 pm UTC
Quoting: subNo wonder we probably won't see any great games anymore from them,
when people are now working in such a hostile environment.
I wouldn't pay too much attention to this. Rich Geldreich is well known for being bitter about his time at Valve....he seems like an angry person in general.
Quoting: ShmerlI don't use SteamOS, but Linux gaming could benefit from Valve renewing their marketing push for publishers. They were more active in the time of Steam Machines, but it looks like their marketing efforts cooled down. That had somewhat damaging effect.
does anyone use steamos?
i dont understand valve. if they wanna get marketshare with steamos, then they have to make exclusive titles. just think about hl3, or portal 3 exclusive for steamOS
Quoting: mylkaI do.Quoting: ShmerlI don't use SteamOS, but Linux gaming could benefit from Valve renewing their marketing push for publishers. They were more active in the time of Steam Machines, but it looks like their marketing efforts cooled down. That had somewhat damaging effect.
does anyone use steamos?
Last edited by dubigrasu on 25 July 2018 at 2:54 am UTC
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