X and SteamOS

[Front] Posted Sep 17, 2014 17:48 UTC (Wed) by jake

[Keith Packard] In a talk entitled "SteamOS Magic", longtime X developer Keith Packard looked at the new Linux "distribution" and the effort to turn the Linux desktop into a gaming console. It turns out that, with a fairly small amount of code, Steam and SteamOS creator, Valve, was able to take the existing X-based desktop and turn it into a "living-room experience".

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