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Valve Starts Publishing Packages For Its Own Linux Distribution

Posted by timothy on from the ready-for-the-console-at-least dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In preparation for the "Steam Box" game console that will make necessary their own Linux-based software platform, Valve developers have started publishing Debian packages for their platform which looks like their first-generation operating system will be derived from Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS. So far the packages being published include a new "Plymouth" boot splash screen as the operating system loads, a Steam desktop wallpaper, auto-updating system scripts, and experimental NVIDIA Linux graphics drivers."

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  1. Ooooh, maybe I can run the distribution on my PS3! by Ardeaem · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, right. Never mind.